UNCTUOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smug self-serving earnestness

Synonyms:

fulsomeness; oiliness; oleaginousness; smarminess; unction; unctuousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unctuousness" is a kind of...):

hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)

Derivation:

unctuous (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech)

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