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- pronunciation:
- kaent
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
insincere statements made to give one the appearance of goodness, piety, or the like.
I'm tired of hearing the cant of these hypocrites in politics.- synonyms:
- claptrap, lip service, sanctimony
- similar words:
- affectation, bunk, humbug, hypocrisy, insincerity, jargon, mummery, nonsense, patois, pretense, sham, wind
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| definition 2: |
the jargon particular to a class or profession.
The cant of the social worker includes many abbreviated terms referring to forms, government agencies, and regulations.- synonyms:
- argot, idiom, jargon, lexicon, lingo, patter, phraseology, slang, terminology, vocabulary
- similar words:
- dialect, language, nomenclature, officialese, parlance, patois, shoptalk
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| definition 3: |
singsong, monotonous speech, esp. the repeating of ritualized phrases, as by a beggar.
- synonyms:
- monotone
- similar words:
- chant, repetition, ritual, singsong
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| related words: |
claptrap, double-talk, idiom, talk |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cants, canting, canted |
| definition 1: |
to use solemn language hypocritically to gain a good reputation.
- synonyms:
- declaim
- similar words:
- orate, perorate, pontificate, sermonize
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| definition 2: |
to use jargon particular to a class or profession.
- synonyms:
- jargon
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| definition 3: |
to plead in a singsong tone.
- similar words:
- beg, chant, intone, plead
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