unctuousness

Definitions of unctuousness
  1. noun
    smug self-serving earnestness
    synonyms: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction
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    type of:
    hypocrisy
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
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