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单词 fakeness
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fakenessn.

Brit. /ˈfeɪknᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfeɪknəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fake adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < fake adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier fakery n.
The state or quality of being or appearing fake; deception; insincerity.
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1891 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 30 Dec. 4/2 There was just a little too much hurry in the ‘investigation’, just a trifle too much ‘fakeness’ in the testimony.
1902 Capital 26 July 4/2 We had expected from the remarkable fizzle, nerve and fakeness in the baseball enterprise that the profits in the ‘game’ were at least a thousandfold more than represented.
1970 New Yorker 10 Oct. 87/1 (advt.) The believable bra... No artificial points... No fakeness. Your bosom not only feels like a bosom, it looks like a bosom.
2004 Face Apr. 92/1 Mischa makes a big deal out of her intention to further her education and not get completely subsumed into the balmy fakeness of Movieville.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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