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sincerity

[ sin-ser-i-tee ]

noun

  1. freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; honesty in intention or in communicating; earnestness.

    Synonyms: frankness, candor, truth

    Antonyms: duplicity



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Other Words From

  • super·sin·ceri·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sincerity1

First recorded in 1540–50; from the Latin word sincēritās; sincere, -ity
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Synonym Study

See honor.
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Example Sentences

"Shrinking" gives its audience a raw glimpse of a young person's grief and mental illness and handles it with delicate sincerity and sometimes a little mess.

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The sincerity that he brings, and my ... let’s call it boisterous, manic, boy-like, energy … was just a whole lot of fun.

"In short, you say truths, outright lies and half-truths in the middle, with an equal amount of enthusiasm and sincerity at all times," said Ms Riesman.

From BBC

Jurado has questioned De León’s sincerity, saying in recent weeks that he has not learned his lesson.

But after a while, meaning after the advent of Trump, their humorless, groping sincerity, which I indulged because of course they “meant well,” curdled into flat-out fascist goose-stepping.

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