DISINGENUOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)