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DISINGENUOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("disingenuousness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disingenuousness"):
craftiness; deceitfulness; guile (the quality of being crafty)
artfulness (the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage)
Antonym:
ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)
Derivation:
disingenuous (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness)
