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| Main Entry: | lip service |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
| Synonyms: | duplicity, empty talk, hypocrisy, insincerity, lie, sham, sweet talk, hollow words, hypocritical respect, jive, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mouth honor, mouthing, smooth talk, token agreement, tokenism, tongue in cheek, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, quackery, bad faith, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocritical statement |
| Synonyms: | deceit, dishonesty, humbug, hypocrisy, insincerity, lip service*, pomposity, pretense, show, affected piety, hypocriticalness, pecksniffery, pharisaicalness, pious platitudes, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sham holiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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