Sincerity dictionary definition

sincerity

[sin ser′ə tē]

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noun

Sincerity is the quality of being honest, true and real.
An example of sincerity is a person who really means everything that he promises.

sincerity

noun

the quality or state of being sincere; honesty, genuineness, good faith, etc.

Origin of sincerity

Middle French sincérité ; from Classical Latin sinceritas

sincerity

noun

The quality or condition of being sincere; genuineness, honesty, and freedom from duplicity.

sincerity

Noun

(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.

Antonyms

insincerity

Origin

From Middle French sincÃ©ritÃ©.

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The sincerity in his voice brought tears to her eyes.
While he exuded honesty and sincerity, in truth we barely knew the man.
He instinctively wished to question the validity of the Exemplars and their power, yet felt so inadequate in his comprehension that he decided to trust Frederick implicitly, and prayed the vampire couple's sincerity was genuine.
He was frighteningly nervous, but in Dean's mind his sincerity buried the flowery words of the Philadelphia insurance executive.
If he hadn't done it with such apparent sincerity, it would have been downright embarrassing.

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While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and impious policy, we shall have the strongest reason to rejoice in the local destination assigned us by Providence. But should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation, while it is practising iniquity and extravagance, and displays in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candour, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world. Because we have no government, armed with power, capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge and licentiousness would break the strongest cords of our Constitution, as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Oaths in this country are as yet universally considered as sacred obligations. That which you have taken, and so solemnly repeated on that venerable ground, is an ample pledge of your sincerity and devotion to your country and its government. John Adams