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UNCTUOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smug self-serving earnestness
Synonyms:
fulsomeness; oiliness; oleaginousness; smarminess; unction; unctuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unctuousness" is a kind of...):
hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)
Derivation:
unctuous (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech)
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