cant
noun/kænt/
/kænt/
[uncountable]- statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust synonym hypocrisy
- His speech was full of political, social and religious cant.
Word Originnoun early 16th cent.: probably from Latin cantare ‘to sing’. The early meaning was ‘musical sound, singing’; in the mid 17th cent. this gave rise to the senses ‘whining manner of speaking’ and ‘form of words repeated mechanically in this manner’ (for example a beggar's plea), hence ‘jargon’ (of beggars and other such groups).Definitions on the go
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