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fakeitude

fakeitude noun: the state of being fake; fakeness.

Noun

fakeitude (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being fake; fakeness.
    • As for "esquivalience"’s excesses, McKean made no apologies. "Its inherent fakeitude is fairly obvious," she said. "We wanted something highly improbable. We were trying to make a word that could not arise in nature."2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker
    • Apparently, I was the only one on the track who saw through Lexy's fakeitude, because everyone else was nodding cheerfully.2010, Kay Cassidy, The Cinderella Society

Origin of fakeitude

From fake + -itude.

Questions about fakeitude

What does fakeitude mean?
Fakeitude means the state of being fake; fakeness.
What part of speech is fakeitude?
Fakeitude is a noun.

Words near fakeitude in the dictionary

  1. fakefen
  2. fakeful
  3. fakegasm
  4. fakegasms
  5. fakehood
  6. fakeitude
  7. fakelaki
  8. fakelakia
  9. fakellaki
  10. fakellakia
  11. fakeloo

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