insincerities
Fake expressions given
Insincerities are instances of dishonest or feigned expression—things said or done without genuine feeling behind them.
The word often appears when cataloging social falseness: the routine insincerities of office small talk, She saw through his flattery and other insincerities.
Less common than the singular insincerity, which names the quality itself.
Deceitful pretense of friendship
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
- lip serviceInsincere expression of agreement
cant · self-righteousness · unctuousness · tartuffery · phoniness · holier-than-thou · sanctimoniousness · pietism
Deliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- shamFraudulent imitation
chicanery · dissimulation · artifice · cunning · frauds · hoaxes · schemes · manipulation
Artificial behavior for effect
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
feigning · posing · simulation · artificiality · performance · theatricality · airs · put-on
Deliberate untrue statement
- lyingStating known falsehoods
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
- untruthfulnessDisposition toward false statements
misrepresentation · falsification · deceitfulness · mendacity · falseness · prevarication · deceptiveness · fraudulence
two-facedness
Deceitful pretense of friendship
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- double standardsJudging others differently than yourself
- sanctimonyFeigned moral superiority
lip service · cant · self-righteousness · unctuousness · tartuffery · phoniness · holier-than-thou · sanctimoniousness · pietism · posturing
duplicity
Deliberate misleading behavior
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
sham · chicanery · dissimulation · artifice · cunning · frauds · hoaxes · schemes · manipulation · bamboozlement
affectation
Artificial behavior for effect
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
playacting · feigning · posing · simulation · artificiality · performance · theatricality · airs · put-on · show
falsehood
Deliberate untrue statement
- lyingStating known falsehoods
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
untruthfulness · misrepresentation · falsification · deceitfulness · mendacity · falseness · prevarication · deceptiveness · fraudulence · untrustworthiness
insinceritiesauthenticity
Quality of being genuine
true feelings · candor · earnestness · sincerity · genuineness
insinceritiesintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
forthrightness · good faith · probity · trustworthiness · uprightness
sincere, sincerity, sincerely, insincere, disingenuous, genuineness, insincerity, insincerely, disingenuously