insidiousness
51insidious — in|sid|i|ous [ınˈsıdiəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: insidiosus, from insidiae attack from a hiding place , from insidere to sit on, lie in wait , from sedere to sit ] an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without… …
52insidious — 1540s, from M.Fr. insidieux (15c.) or directly from L. insidiosus deceitful, cunning, artful, from insidiae (pl.) plot, snare, ambush, from insidere sit on, occupy, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + sedere to sit (see SEDENTARY (Cf …
53treacherousness — treach·er·ous·ness || tretʃərÉ™snɪs n. traitorousness, disloyalty, insidiousness …
54insidious — [ɪn sɪdɪəs] adjective proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects. Derivatives insidiously adverb insidiousness noun Origin C16: from L. insidiosus cunning …
55machiavelianism — n.; (also machiavelism) Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double dealing, hocus pocus, shifting, quibbling, stratagem, roguery, craft, subtlety, insidiousness …
56treachery — n. Perfidiousness, perfidy, faithlessness, double dealing, foul play, infidelity, betrayal, treason, disloyalty, breach of faith, Punic faith, insidiousness, deceitfulness …
57insidious — adjective an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm: an insidious trend towards censorship of the press insidiously adverb insidiousness noun (U) …
58cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked …
59deceit — 1 Deceit, duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, guile mean the quality, the habit, the act, or the practice of imposing upon the credulity of others by dishonesty, fraud, or trickery. Deceit usually implies the intent to mislead or delude; otherwise …
60insincerity — n 1. disingenuousness, uncandidness, unfrankness, mealy mouthedness; artificiality, Inf. phoniness, dissembling, dissimulation, cant, lip service, mouth honor, Inf. hokum, flattery, smooth talk; deceit fulness, dishonesty, underhandedness,… …
