disingenuous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

dis- +‎ ingenuous

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˌdɪs.ɪn.ˈdʒɛn.ju.əs/
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[edit] Adjective

disingenuous (comparative more disingenuous, superlative most disingenuous)

1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
2. Not ingenuous; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
   • 1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378:

     I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

3. Assuming a pose of naivete to make a point or for deception.

[edit] Derived terms

• disingenuously
• disingenuousness

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