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1. (n.) sincerity
freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnestness; probity.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L sincēritās. See sincere , -ity)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) earnestness, seriousness, sincerity
an earnest and sincere feeling
2. (noun) sincerity
the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
"his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity"
3. (noun) sincerity, unassumingness
a quality of naturalness and simplicity
"the simple sincerity of folk songs"
4. (noun) seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
the trait of being serious
"a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
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1. (noun) sincerity
genuineness and honesty
I doubted his sincerity.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sincerity
the quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. sincerity
in Carlyle's ethics the one test of all worth in a human being, that he really with his whole soul means what he is saying and doing, and is courageously ready to front time and eternity on the stake.
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sincerity
1. A mental attitude acquired after long practise by man, in order to conceal his ulterior motives.
2. To be childish, to be senile.
3. To lack invention, imagination or character. (A sincere man is one who bluffs only a part of the time.)
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Sense: the state of being sincere
The sincerity of his comments was obvious to all.
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 Afrikaans: eerlikheid, opregtheid |
 Arabic: صِدْق، إخْلاص |
 Bulgarian: искреност |
 Brazilian: sinceridade |
 Czech: upřímnost |
 German: die Aufrichtigkeit |
 Danish: oprigtighed |
 Greek: ειλικρίνεια |
 Spanish: sinceridad |
 Estonian: puhtsüdamlikkus |
 Farsi: صداقت |
 Finnish: vilpittömyys |
 French: sincérité |
 Hebrew: כֵּנוּת |
 Hindi: सच्चाई, ईमानदारी |
 Croatian: iskrenost, otvorenost |
 Hungarian: őszinteség |
 Indonesian: ketulusan |
 Icelandic: einlægni |
 Italian: sincerità |
 Japanese: 誠実 |
 Korean: 성실, 진실 |
 Lithuanian: nuoširdumas |
 Latvian: patiesums; sirsnība |
 Malay: keikhlasan |
 Dutch: oprechtheid |
 Norwegian: oppriktighet |
 Polish: szczerość |
 Persian: صداقت |
 Pashto: اخلاص، صميميت، دزړه ګرانښ |
 Portuguese: sinceridade |
 Romanian: sinceritate |
 Russian: искренность |
 Slovak: úprimnosť |
 Slovenian: iskrenost |
 Serbian: iskrenost |
 Swedish: uppriktighet,ärlighet |
 Thai: ความจริงใจ |
 Turkish: samimiyet |
 Taiwanese: 真誠 |
 Ukrainian: щирість, відвертість |
 Urdu: خلوص |
 Vietnamese: sự thật thà |
 Chinese: 真诚 |
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