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LIP SERVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lip service mean?
• LIP SERVICE (noun)
The noun LIP SERVICE has 1 sense:
1. an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
Familiarity information: LIP SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hypocrisy; lip service
Hypernyms ("lip service" is a kind of...):
dissembling; feigning; pretence; pretense (pretending with intention to deceive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lip service"):
crocodile tears (a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping)
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