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
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Noun
  • As various ancient sources recount, after Achilles is killed by Paris, the Greeks resort to deception.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Real war introduces deception, saturation attacks and human failures.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Over the course of eight episodes, the show traces how mounting pressures, deceit and betrayal led to Alex murdering Maggie and Paul in 2021.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The phone call ignited a shocking chain of events that ultimately uncovered Murdaugh’s long history of lies and deceit, culminating in him murdering his wife and son.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jersey sales was probably one of the most egregious hypocrisies of the NCAA’s amateurism rule for student athletes, which stipulated that players were never to benefit financially from their name, image and likeness — even if others did.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And in the 1963 Czech cult classic The Cassandra Cat, a tabby exposes the truth by making people’s skin change color based on their moral character — red for love, orange or violet for hypocrisy.
    Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 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
  • But Lloyd’s awkward staging here and questionable affectations (including an audience clap-along) makes Pozzo’s relationship with Lucky unfocused and puzzling.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The band sets aside the winks and retro affectations for something unadorned and honest.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Workers in the scam compounds are often trafficked from third countries, usually under the pretense of a lucrative job offer, and then forced to scam people online with investment pitches or romantic ploys.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • All of Beaton’s extravagance, artifice and pretence stemmed from him trying to become something he was never born into.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Insincerity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insincerity. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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