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Cant
kant
Cant definitions
noun
cant
cants
- hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature
"he had no time for the cant of the priests about sin"
hypocrisy sanctimoniousness sanctimony humbug pietism affected piety insincerity sham lip service empty talk pretence - language specific to a particular group or profession and regarded with disparagement
"thieves' cant"
- denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion
"‘herstories’ rather than ‘histories’ as the cant phrase goes"
verb
cant
canted
canting
cants
- talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something
"if they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere"