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1. A boring kind of speech that is filled with clichés and platitudes.
2. Insincere talking; especially, regarding morals or religion.
3. Jargon or the special language or vocabulary of a particular group; especially, a group that some people look down on or lack respect for.
4. Etymology: "insincere talk" from 1709; earlier, in 1567, it was slang for "whining of beggars; from Old North French (dialect of northern France before the 1500s) canter, "to sing, to chant", from Latin cantare, canere, "to sing".
2. Insincere talking; especially, regarding morals or religion.
3. Jargon or the special language or vocabulary of a particular group; especially, a group that some people look down on or lack respect for.
4. Etymology: "insincere talk" from 1709; earlier, in 1567, it was slang for "whining of beggars; from Old North French (dialect of northern France before the 1500s) canter, "to sing, to chant", from Latin cantare, canere, "to sing".
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cant (verb), cants; canted; canting
1. To talk in a pleading or a whining manner.
2. To speak sanctimoniously or to pretend to mean something, but not being sincere: "If the administrators of the company would quit canting about honest work and be examples of the process, they might achieve their objectives."
2. To speak sanctimoniously or to pretend to mean something, but not being sincere: "If the administrators of the company would quit canting about honest work and be examples of the process, they might achieve their objectives."
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cant, can’t
cant (KANT) (noun)
Words that are supposed to sound like serious statements about important issues; such as, religion or morality, but that are not honest or sincere: We think the people are sick of hypocrisy and cant from their leaders.
can't (KANT) (verb/adverb)
A contraction of the words "can not": The child yelled out, "I can’t do it!" when he was urged by his father to jump off the diving board into the swimming pool.
I can't tell you how offended I am by all the cant that has been preached at the electorate during this election.
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