insidiousness
/ɪnˈsɪdiəsnəs/
noun
- The quality of being gradual and harmful in a hidden way.
- The insidiousness of the disease made it hard to detect until it was too late.
- People often underestimate the insidiousness of everyday pollution.
- The insidiousness of the propaganda lay in how reasonable it sounded at first.
- The quality of being deceitful or treacherous.
- The movie captured the insidiousness of corruption in politics.
- The insidiousness of the scheme was revealed when investors lost everything.
- She saw through the insidiousness of his flattery.
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