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cupboard love love

cupboard love

Definitions

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  • noun Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange.

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  • noun a show of affection motivated by selfishness

Etymologies

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From cupboard + love

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. benignity
  2. kindness

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