sincerity
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French sincérité.
Pronunciation
- Received Pronunciation (UK): [sɪnˈserətɪ]
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) Rhymes: -ɛɹəti
Noun
sincerity (countable and uncountable, plural sincerities)
- The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
- William Shakespeare:
- I protest, in the sincerity of love.
- Knox:
- Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
- George Burns
- Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
- William Shakespeare:
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Translations
quality of being sincere
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References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sincerity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)