DISINGENUOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disingenuousness mean? 

• DISINGENUOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun DISINGENUOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor

  Familiarity information: DISINGENUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISINGENUOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("disingenuousness" is a kind of...):

dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disingenuousness"):

craftiness; deceitfulness; guile (the quality of being crafty)

artfulness (the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage)

Antonym:

ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)

Derivation:

disingenuous (not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness)

 Context examples 

Disingenuousness and double dealing seemed to meet him at every turn.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)