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Lip service   /lɪp sˈərvəs/   Listen
Lip service

noun
1.
An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.  Synonym: hypocrisy.






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"Lip service" Quotes from Famous Books



... shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi &c (lie) 546 [Lat.]; mystification &c (concealment) 528; simulation &c (imitation) 19; dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague^. sham; pretense, pretending, malingering. lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, organized hypocrisy; crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness^, quackery; charlatanism^, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Lip service" :   dissembling, crocodile tears, feigning, pretence, hypocrisy, pretense



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