insincerity

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Recent Examples of insincerity In an era of skepticism, audiences quickly detect insincerity. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 And as the secretive Jack, Travis Van Winkle oozes oily, sexist insincerity. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insincerity
Noun
  • Advances in deception and seeking technologies will further shape this contest, as each side works to reduce the effectiveness of the other’s systems.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Minnesota’s Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson condemned the deception and affirmed how troubling the ambush was.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many of the women who spoke Monday addressed that claim directly, saying they were tricked and coerced from the start and that the deceit went far beyond one lie about where the video would be distributed.
    Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The rest of the book is autobiographical, a love story between two writers, but also, a tale of deceit.
    Sarah Adler September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Double standards, hypocrisy, economic reality?
    Steve Sedgwick, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Many are noting Thug’s hypocrisy in his public frustration with Gunna.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The band sets aside the winks and retro affectations for something unadorned and honest.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The scenic appeal is undeniable, nature’s majestic prose both frames and dwarfs the tumultuous affectations of the characters.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • By showing both timelines, director Cato Kusters resists using Julian’s illness as a plot device, encouraging us to watch these women without the pretense of melodrama.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But not everyone accepts that pretense.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Insincerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincerity. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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