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What’s more, she respects her subject without eliding his narcissism or disingenuity.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

There is thus more than a whiff of “we need to destroy the village in order to save it” illogic and disingenuity to the majority’s unfairness critique.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2023

These writers often find themselves under rhetorical attack from gratuitously fractious and antagonistic commenters who seek to inhibit debate through intimidation, insult, and disingenuity.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2015

So we're back to this question of disingenuity; he can't seriously believe her profile would be improved, can he?

From The Guardian Jan. 30, 2011

You see how he accuses Themistocles of disingenuity in arrogating to himself the counsel of Mnesiphilus.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch




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