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trickishness

noun

as in duplicity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickishness
  1. duplicity
  2. insincerity
  3. crookedness
  4. dissembling
  5. fakery
  6. cunning
  7. guile
  8. dishonesty
Noun
  • There’s a method to that madness, and all the duplicity, false assumptions pay off just like in an Agatha Christie classic.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 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
  • In a dicey moment when Orgon thinks that his secret crookedness might mean his family’s utter ruin, a messenger from the King arrives.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Definition of crookedness
Noun
  • Such episodes now look like clumsy moments in a decade of dissembling.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of dissembling
Noun
  • Notably, some mockumentaries blur the lines between reality and fakery.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The easy, and increasingly convincing, fakery of artificial intelligence has arguably supercharged it.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of fakery
Noun
  • Rhaenyra also dismisses Mysaria, a wise move carried out in a very unwise manner, given the woman’s cunning.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Nolan foregrounds the nobility that guides the character (his guilt, his dedication to his men, his yearning for his family) and neglects his wily cunning and egotism.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Definition of cunning
Noun
  • My view is that Newcastle required an out-and-out No 10 or a player with real guile who could partly compensate for the loss of Bruno Guimaraes, and arguably there is a lack of creativity and technical ingenuity in the final third.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In some ways, that depends on whether the agent eventually learns guile, and social gamesmanship, or not.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of guile
Noun
  • Set against the backdrop of political dishonesty and the country’s abandonment of ideals, the book probes questions about how to be an artist in the world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • While some view this as a solution to academic dishonesty, experts highlight significant challenges.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dishonesty
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