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All artificiality synonyms

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noun artificiality

  • double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
  • unnaturalness — contrary to the laws or course of nature.
  • hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • disingenuous — lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
  • deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
  • deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
  • dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
  • insincerity — the quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity; hypocrisy; deceitfulness.
  • affectedness — assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
  • phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
  • inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
  • affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
  • pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
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