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phoniness

n. The condition or quality of being phony or fake.

Usage examples of "phoniness".

I never really wanted to be a phony in any case--on the contrary, I always found phoniness abhorrent in others as well as myself, and I took steps to stop being a phony whenever possible.

Like a low-budget horror film, Sherman's work revels in its tongue-in-cheek sensationalism, its ostentatious phoniness, its use of gross and sleazy special effects.