insincerity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincerity
Noun
  • But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • He’s got some deception on the puck and does a good job holding onto it to wait for secondary options to open up, but slows the game down too much.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • None of these spring explorations of sisterly deceit and self-deception has been able to surpass Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters as the recent genre peak.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
  • Starring Tom Cruise, the movies are loaded with action, deceit and globe-spanning adventures – everything a good spy film should be.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • That kind of hypocrisy on self-enrichment could become a weak point for the GOP and a clear opening for Democrats to attack.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • From our review: Tessa Van den Broeck, a newcomer, plays Julie with zero affectation.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • No fussy affectations, just a deliberate tamping down of his more charismatic qualities.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After his arrest, Duffy had faked amnesia and sought asylum in a psychiatric hospital, where doctors prevented the police from interrogating him, but the pretense of the amnesia was exposed at the trial by his ex-wife and a friend.
    Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • May 8 Theft by false pretense: Someone contacted a Saratoga resident, claiming to be a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
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