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phoniness

Variant of phony

adjective phonier, phoniest

Informal not genuine; false, counterfeit, spurious, pretentious, etc.

noun pl. phonies

  1. something not genuine; sham; fake
  2. a person who is not what he or she pretends to be; one who deceives, dissembles, is insincere, etc.; fraud

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