TRICKISHNESS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

trickishness

noun

as in duplicity

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Noun

But honesty doesn’t always save a career, and duplicity doesn’t always sink one.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026
Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

It was made that much worse when several cast members laughed at her insincerity and Maddi Reese interrupted it several times because there was a stray cat nearby that terrified her.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Allen’s combo of flip insincerity and kindly concern is a terrific treat, recalling Bill Murray at his doofy best.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025

Definition of insincerity

Noun

Such dissembling by the people who are where the buck stops raises doubt that the Pentagon’s final report will be candid.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
His inner self is right there and raw at the surface, leaving him incapable of dissembling, which is why Lancaster Dodd likes him so much.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

Definition of dissembling

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That’s the deficiency side of integrity—where authenticity gives way to fakery, consistency erodes into unpredictability, and transparency slips into manipulation…But swing too far in the other direction, and the skyscraper becomes overly rigid—too stiff to sway with the wind.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
The green-screen effects are knowing in their outright fakery; the nerdiness of the whole enterprise is lampshaded with a whole setpiece in a comic-book store.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 June 2026

Definition of fakery

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Both wide players give Norway guile and could be productive in the quarter-final tie.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 10 July 2026
At home, with a group of players who ply their trade in top European leagues, who finally appeared to be healthy all at once, and a coach with a winning resumé and competitive guile forged in Argentina’s soccer foundry.

— Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of guile

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To leave the character at the center of his own story opaque, unknowable, a silhouette—would have been a different kind of dishonesty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
While a large number of respondents were concerned about AI bias, misinformation and data privacy, the most common worries were about academic dishonesty and plagiarism.

— Brett DeJager, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of dishonesty

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