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Meanings of meretriciousness in anglès

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Tasteless showiness.

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An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.

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Usage of meretriciousness in anglès
1
If not touched by city elegance, neither is it infected by city meretriciousness; it is sweet, wholesome country.
Literary and Social Essays
2
There was a suggestion of meretriciousness in the tinted lips and the pretence of colour on the charming face.
The Hand in the Dark
3
The unsuccessful woman blames, never herself, but either the outrageous meretriciousness of her rival, or the blindness of the man she loses.
Hints for Lovers
Frequent collocations
Translations for meretriciousness
Meretriciousness through the time