Meanings
noundisingenuousness (uncountable)
alternative disingenuity
- uncountableThe state or quality of being disingenuous.
And they're often infuriatingly well-crafted buzzwords – combining impact with audacious disingenuousness.
2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Latiningenuu
- Englishingenuous
- Englishdisingenuous
- Englishdisingenuousness
From disingenuous + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipocresia, falsa modèstia
- hipocresiastate or quality of being disingenuous
- falsa modèstiastate or quality of being disingenuous
German Unaufrichtigkeit, Unehrlichkeit
- Unaufrichtigkeitstate or quality of being disingenuous
- Unehrlichkeitstate or quality of being disingenuous
- Unredlichkeitstate or quality of being disingenuous
- Hinterlistigkeitstate or quality of being disingenuous
Scottish Gaelic mì-ionracas, mì-dhìrichead
- mì-ionracasstate or quality of being disingenuous
- mì-dhìricheadstate or quality of being disingenuous
Slovak pokrytectvo, nečestnosť
- pokrytectvostate or quality of being disingenuous
- nečestnosťstate or quality of being disingenuous
Spanish desingenuidad
- desingenuidadstate or quality of being disingenuous
Cite this entry
APA
disingenuousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disingenuousness
MLA
“disingenuousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disingenuousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disingenuousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disingenuousness.
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