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Definition of "phoniness" [phoniness]

  • The condition or quality of being phony or fake. (noun)

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Use "phoniness" in a sentence
  • "More political phoniness from the Palin camp. prairiedale"
  • "When, on several occasions, McGregor stares at possibly incriminating photos of Lang from his moppish days at university, the Photoshop work on display is supposed to be cheeky, but instead the phoniness is awful."
  • "And I think he spotted what a lot of -- a lot of other people have now begun to spot in our prime minister, Mr. Blair, that dreadful phoniness, which is one of the very important developments of modern politics, an -- an emp ..."