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A lack of honesty or genuineness in expressed feelings or intentions.

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insincerity

The narrator's exaggerated praise suggested insincerity to the reader.
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In a fictional project diary, a photographer recorded a teammate's professed commitment to giving everyone equal credit. She later discovered insincerity in his friendly assurances when a private draft showed that he had never intended to include the others' names.
From Reading Promises Carefully.
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