fakeness

[ feyk-nis ]

noun

1. the quality or condition of being false, artificial, or insincere:

   Even birds will eventually realize the fakeness of these rubber snakes if you never move them!

   She is a great representative of goodness without any hint of fakeness.

2. artificial, false, or insincere behavior, speech, etc.; pretense:

   There's so much fakeness in the world, so many people saying things just to schmooze or get the big bucks.

   I got tired of his fakeness and endless humblebragging.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fakeness¹

First recorded in 1890–95; fake ¹( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

Yet the concept of fakeness feels murky here.

From New York Times

A reflection of Richter’s lifelong penchant for technical experimentation, they are in fact inkjet prints of the drawings, so accurate their fakeness is impossible for most of us to discern.

From New York Times

Still, she brings the reader into her burgeoning insight: “Because if hiding behind every potential interaction, relationship, or group is some feared ‘fakeness’ no one can pinpoint, then we’re all just running scared from the very thing that might help us understand ourselves.

From Washington Post

“In the beginning, I thought there was a fakeness for writing for the character in a way, so that’s why my early records especially are very personal and very somber. … It was during a time when I was trying to prove my musicianship, so I thought that if I didn’t make serious-sounding music, no one would take me seriously,” she said.

From Washington Post

There have been lots of critiques around it, not just in academia, but in popular culture, around the fakeness of it — that it uses non-models that look incredibly like models, or techniques like Photoshop or filters.

From New York Times