Cunningness
Cunningness noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: people should remember that it was cunningness and not kindness that made him a very wealthy lawyer
Hypocrisy and cunningness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Cunningness".
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.
Cunningness and hypocrisy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunningness" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".
Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and cunningness
- deception and hypocrisy
- artifice and cunningness
- artifice and hypocrisy
- cunning and cunningness
- cunning and hypocrisy
- feint and cunningness
- feint and hypocrisy
- double-dealing and cunningness
- double-dealing and hypocrisy
- craft and cunningness
- craft and hypocrisy
- fraud and cunningness
- fraud and hypocrisy
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