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单词 disingenuous
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disingenuousadj.

Brit. /ˌdɪs(ᵻ)nˈdʒɛnjʊəs/, U.S. /ˌdɪsənˈdʒɛnjəwəs/
Etymology: dis- prefix 2e.
The opposite of ingenuous; lacking in candour or frankness, insincere, morally fraudulent. (Said of persons and their actions.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adjective]
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > disingenuous or insincere
unwholea1352
unsincere1577
insincere1634
uningenious1638
uningenuous1638
disingenuous1648
disingenious1661
uncandid1771
fake1942
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche v. 68 We by Love shall doe More of your Will than disingenuous Fear..e'r hal'd Us to.
1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 291 It will be disingenuous to think that his Highness and the Council should be under an oath, and your members free.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. v. ⁋3. 32 Of such disingenuous addresses, 'tis easy to read the event.
1718 Free-thinker No. 67. 2 A Disingenuous Speaker is most effectually refuted without Passion.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 106 Cranmer..had recourse to the disingenuous shift of a protest.
1875 A. Helps Advice in Ess. 46 It is a disingenuous thing to ask for advice, when you mean assistance.

Derivatives

disinˈgenuously adv. in a disingenuous manner, not openly or candidly, meanly, unfairly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [adverb]
unsincerelya1575
insincerely1625
uningenuously1656
disingenuously1661
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > disingenuously or insincerely
unsincerelya1575
insincerely1625
uningenuously1656
disingenuously1661
1661 H. Newcome Diary (1849) 26 So disingenuously..I have carryed toward my God.
1678 Young Man's Calling 161 If duty may be disingeniously put off now.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxix. 260 Altho' I had most disingenuously declared otherwise to my mamma.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. viii. 321 We should deem it to be disingenuously evasive.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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