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DISHONESTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Synonyms:
dishonesty; knavery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dishonesty" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishonesty"):
betrayal; perfidy; treachery; treason (an act of deliberate betrayal)
charlatanism; quackery (the dishonesty of a charlatan)
trick (an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent)
falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being dishonest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dishonesty" is a kind of...):
unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishonesty"):
corruption; corruptness (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
unscrupulousness (the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty)
deceptiveness; obliquity (the quality of being deceptive)
deceit; fraudulence (the quality of being fraudulent)
crookedness; deviousness (the quality of being deceitful and underhanded)
rascality; shiftiness; slipperiness; trickiness (the quality of being a slippery rascal)
larcenous; thievishness (having a disposition to steal)
untruthfulness (the quality of being untruthful)
disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)
Antonym:
honesty (the quality of being honest)
