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单词 phoniness
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phoninessn.

Brit. /ˈfəʊnɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfoʊninᵻs/
Forms: 1900s– phoneyness, 1900s– phoniness, 1900s– phonyness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phoney adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < phoney adj. + -ness suffix.
Originally U.S.
The state or quality of being phoney or fake; deceitfulness; insincerity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun]
hollow-heartedness1549
bias drawinga1616
unsincerity1646
hollowness1648
unsincereness1683
insinceritya1699
phoniness1910
1910 Nevada State Jrnl. 21 Feb. 3/5 The cleanest wrestling match that has been given the public of Reno in years, and one without a suggestion of a taint of ‘goosegrease’ wrestling or other ‘phoniness’ about it.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 212 You felt a sort of phoneyness in your power.
1976 T. Gifford Cavanaugh Quest (1977) iii. 51 Tim didn't have any phoniness about him; he was what we used to call a regular guy.
1999 New Yorker 27 Dec. 37/2 There is..an alarming phoneyness about these arrangements of numerals: such a spurious-sounding cycle must surely fall down of its own unwieldy improbability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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