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INSINCERE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking sincerity
Example:
their praise was extravagant and insincere
Classified under:
Similar:
bootlicking; fawning; obsequious; sycophantic; toadyish (attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery)
buttery; fulsome; oily; oleaginous; smarmy; soapy; unctuous (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech)
dissimulative (concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive)
false (deliberately deceptive)
feigned (not genuine)
gilded; glossy; meretricious; specious (based on pretense; deceptively pleasing)
hypocritical (professing feelings or virtues one does not have)
plausible (given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments)
Also:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
artful; disingenuous (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness)
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Attribute:
sincerity (the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical)
Antonym:
sincere (open and genuine; not deceitful)
Derivation:
insincerity (the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical)
