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The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
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disingenuousness
Word definitions for disingenuousness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant: ingenuousness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being disingenuous.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous ...
Usage examples of disingenuousness.
On this loneliness she threw the blame of those faults which she painfully recognized in herself--her frequent insincerity, her speeches and silences calculated for effect, her pride based on disingenuousness.