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The act of beguiling others through deception

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature

The state of being unlike

Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed

Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Present participle for to stifle or refrain from openly expressing

Present participle for stretch the truth

Keeping a stiff upper lip

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Noun

The act of beguiling others through deception

underhandedness

monkey business

misrepresentation

disingenuousness

lack of veracity

unscrupulousness

treacherousness

misrepresenting

telling stories

committing perjury

every trick in the book

untrustworthiness

dishonourableness

ambidextrousness

unprincipledness

questionableness

questionability

misappropriation

unrepresentativeness

smoke and mirrors

palace intrigue

little white lies

window dressing

courses of action

sleight of hand

confidence tricks

manoeuvrings^UK

maneuverings^US

confidence games

false pretenses

surreptitiousness

practical jokes

sanctimoniousness

cunning stratagems

wild-goose chases

instrumentalities

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Noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature

sanctimoniousness

pharisaicalness

false profession

pretentiousness

self-righteousness

disingenuousness

superciliousness

self-satisfaction

duplicitousness

hypocriticalness

being two-faced

hypocritical statement

pious platitudes

affected superiority

double standard

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

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Noun

The state of being unlike

distinctiveness

incompatibility

differentiation

incongruousness

irreconcilability

contradistinction

difference of opinion

lack of congruence

incomparability

lack of similarity

contradictoriness

lack of harmony

diversification

inharmoniousness

wide area of difference

distinguishment

inappropriateness

preferentiality

disproportionateness

amount of difference

incommensurateness

lack of balance

fractionalization

lack of concord

lack of agreement

polarisation^UK

polarization^US

irreconcilable difference

lack of consistency

telling the difference

freak of nature

unconventionality

lack of relation

lack of proportion

multifariousness

parting of the ways

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

straying from the point

losing one's thread

straying from the topic

incidental remark

deviation from the subject

heterogeneousness

miscellaneousness

contradiction in terms

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Adjective

Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed

lacking sincerity

with tongue in cheek

double-crossing

economical with the truth

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

misrepresenting

committing perjury

devoid of validity

sticky-fingered

unconscientious

unsportsmanlike

nimble-fingered

under the table

crazy like a fox

cloak-and-dagger

as sharp as a tack

like a snake in the grass

under the counter

not to be trusted

of dubious character

potentially illegal

treating with kid gloves

against the rules

hole-and-corner

playing politics

not straightforward

thinking outside the box

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Verb

Present participle for to conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

putting on an act

putting up a front

shucking and jiving

putting on a false front

putting on a front

putting up a smoke screen

giving the appearance of

making a pretence of

making a show of

going through the motions of

going through the motions

misrepresenting

putting on airs

making out like

drawing a veil over

making a pretense

laying it on thick

pretending to have

professing to have

swinging the lead

putting up a front of

varnishing over

pretending to be

presenting a false front

presenting a false face

passing oneself off as

claiming falsely

assuming the role

keeping quiet about

sweeping under the rug

sweeping under the carpet

keeping a lid on

doing a take-off

putting out of the way

giving appearance of

putting on a false display

making inconspicuous

putting up a smokescreen

keeping under your hat

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“Out of self-interest, rich or eminent people, who would curry popular favor to gain political office, will dissemble their selfishness and pride.”

Verb

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

misrepresenting

telling stories

stretching the truth

telling untruths

departing from the truth

inventing a story

making up a story

forswearing oneself

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

creating fiction

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

pulling someone's leg

telling a falsehood

telling an untruth

stringing along

concocting a story

saying something untrue

perjuring oneself

putting on the wrong track

breaking promise

committing perjury

bearing false witness

throwing off the scent

putting up a front

sending on a wild goose chase

telling a white lie

doing a number on

taking for a ride

leading up the garden path

telling untruth

creating out of thin air

propagandizing^US

giving someone a bum steer

spinning a yarn

propagandising^UK

pulling one's leg

putting up smoke screen

putting on an act

giving wrong information to

pulling a swifty on

leading down the garden path

double-crossing

pulling a fast one on

putting on false front

taking advantage of

playing for a sucker

lying under oath

swearing falsely

giving the wrong impression

playing trick on

putting one over on

leading up garden path

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Verb

Present participle for to stifle or refrain from openly expressing

Verb

Present participle for stretch the truth

Verb

Keeping a stiff upper lip

keeping a straight face

having a poker face

keeping a stiff upper lip

showing no emotion

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