intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
2. Also called: mauvaise foi
(in the philosophy of the 20th-century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre) self-deception, as when an agent regards his or her actions as conditioned by circumstances or conventions in order to evade the responsibility for choosing them freely
bad faith in British English
insincerity or dishonesty
See full dictionary entry for faith
bad faith in American English
insincerity; dishonesty; duplicity
Examples of 'bad faith' in a sentence
bad faith
To ask Him for help seemed to grovel--the very worst of bad faith.