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as in fake
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
an unctuous effort to appear religious to the voters
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“Unctuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unctuous. Accessed 29 Nov. 2022.
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