From root: plastik
Usage Note
Kaplastikan is the noun used to describe the general quality or act of being insincere. It is often used to criticize someone's phoniness.
Examples
" Ayaw ko sa kaplastikan mo. "
Natural Translation
I don't like your hypocrisy.
Literal Translation
Dislike I in hypocrisy your.
" Itigil mo na ang iyong kaplastikan. "
Natural Translation
Stop your hypocrisy already.
Literal Translation
Stop you now the your hypocrisy.
" Nakakapagod ang kaplastikan ng ilang tao na ngumingiti sa harapan mo ngunit naninira naman sa likod. "
Natural Translation
The hypocrisy of some people who smile to your face but talk you down behind your back is exhausting.
Literal Translation
Tiring the hypocrisy of some people who smiling at front your but destroying instead at back.
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