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disingenuity

noun

Etymology

From dis- + ingenuity.

  1. derived from ingenuitās
  2. prefixed as disingenuity — “dis + ingenuity”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of disingenuousness.

    • […]it was only his Obſervation of the Diſingenuity, and want of Integrity in this Parliament, which leſſened that Reverence to it,[…]
    • For example; Do you seriously believe, and mean to assert, that it is impossible for any person, even for a philosopher, to be guilty of disingenuity and falsehood, by professing to believe a sophism which he really did not[…]?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA