phoniness

Definitions

The quality of being insincere, pretentious, or not genuine.

The state of being a sham or a counterfeit.

Examples

He could no longer tolerate the phoniness of the socialites at the party.

The politician's speech was criticized for its obvious phoniness and lack of sincerity.

She had an uncanny ability to detect the phoniness in people's compliments.

Synonyms

insincerity deceit hypocrisy pretension affectation falsity duplicity

Antonyms

sincerity authenticity genuineness honesty truthfulness candor frankness