Fakeitude

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being fake; fakeness. rare, uncountable

    "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.""

Example

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"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.""

Etymology

From fake + -itude.

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