What do you call someone who acts nice but isn t?

phoney. adjective. informal someone who is phoney pretends to be friendly, clever, kind etc.
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What do you call someone who acts innocent but isn t?

What do you call someone who acts innocent but isn t? Imposter, deceiver, faker, hoaxer, masquerader, pretender, mountebank, charlatan, phoney, fraudster, trickster may all be used to describe a person pretending to be what he's not.
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What is the word for being fake nice?

Performative kindness (aka insincerity)
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What do you call someone who fakes their personality?

Definition - impostor, charlatan.
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What is the word for fake friendliness?

If someone is being nice, but they're faking it, usually you say that their generosity or hospitality is insincere and you can characterize them as disingenuous.
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What is the word for fake appreciation?

As opposed to real praise, flattery is insincere and almost always has an ulterior motive. The Old English root word of flatter is flater, which originally meant "to stroke with the hand or caress." When you stroke someone's ego to get what you want, you're using flattery.
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What is an ostentatious person?

: attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation.
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What is a disingenuous person?

adjective. Someone who is disingenuous is slightly dishonest and insincere in what they say. [formal] It would be disingenuous to claim that this is great art. Synonyms: dishonest, cunning, sly, designing More Synonyms of disingenuous.
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What's another word for false identity?

The word pseudonym can refer to a fake or false name used by anyone, not just writers. It's typically used so a person can remain anonymous.
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What is the term for false empathy?

pseudo-empathy (uncountable) The understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person, but without identification, care or urge to improve their condition. The power to manipulate another person's emotional condition for one's own benefit.
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What is a pretentious act?

: appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case. pretentiously adverb. pretentiousness noun.
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What do you call a person who pretends to have believes that she he does not actually possess?

hypocrite. / (ˈhɪpəkrɪt) / noun. a person who pretends to be what he is not.
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What is another word for two faced person?

Words related to two-faced

artful, backstabbing, beguiling, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, hypocritical, insincere, knavish, lying, misleading, shifty, sly, sneaky.
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What is the word for pretending something doesn't exist?

charade. noun. an attempt to pretend that a situation is good or satisfactory, when in fact it is not.
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What is a non genuine person?

Inauthentic people like to show off. They have high opinions of themselves and they want to make sure everyone around them sees how great they are. They view others as being beneath them. They are often the peacock of their group, the one who is strutting and bragging, and who can't stand it when others show them up.
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Why are some people not genuine?

There are many factors that play into this – family upbringing, cultural training, long-held beliefs about what's “appropriate,” and our own personal fears. When it comes to being authentic, the bottom line for most of us is that we're scared.
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What's another word for not genuine?

sham, spurious, fictitious, illusive, theoretical, impractical, vague.
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What is a sanctimonious person?

sanctimonious • \sank-tuh-MOE-nee-us\ • adjective. : hypocritically pious or devout.
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What is sedulous?

1 : involving or accomplished with careful perseverance. 2 : diligent in application or pursuit.
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What is a bumptious?

: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive.
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What is the word for making someone seem evil?

What does villainize mean? To villainize someone is to speak about them negatively or portray them in a negative way, especially to influence others to see them as a bad person.
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How do you outsmart a two faced person?

Mark Webb
  1. Keep Your Guard Up. ...
  2. Do Not Tell Them Any Personal or Sensitive Information. ...
  3. Don't Tell Them Your Goals Either. ...
  4. Do Not Try To Beat Them At Their Own Game. ...
  5. Be Straightforward But Not Aggressive. ...
  6. Do Not Let The Situation Go On For More Than A Few Days. ...
  7. Did You Offend Them?
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What is another word for bipolar?

However, this term is used most often to describe bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, which is when you experience very high highs and very low lows with your emotions. The negative and positive charge on a neuron or a transistor can also be called bipolar.
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What is the word for a two way relationship?

The word mutual is a near synonym in most uses: reciprocal/mutual friendship, describing, a relationship in which two people feel the same way about each other, or do or give similar things to each other.
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What do you call a person who only believes in himself?

Definitions of narcissistic. adjective. characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. synonyms: egotistic, egotistical, self-loving selfish.
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