Cunning
Cunning noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: used cunning and subterfuge to work her way up the corporate ladder
Hypocrisy and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.
Cunning and hypocrisy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".
Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and cunning
- deception and hypocrisy
- artifice and cunning
- artifice and hypocrisy
- cheating and cunning
- cheating and hypocrisy
- double-dealing and cunning
- double-dealing and hypocrisy
- lying and cunning
- lying and hypocrisy
- craft and cunning
- craft and hypocrisy
- fraud and cunning
- fraud and hypocrisy
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