sincerity

pronunciation

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Noun:

an earnest and sincere feeling
the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
a quality of naturalness and simplicity
the trait of being serious

Word Origin

sincerity (n.): early 15c., "honesty, genuineness," from Middle French sinceritie (early 16c., Modern French sincérité) and directly from Latin sinceritatem (nominative sinceritas) "purity, soundness, wholeness," from sincerus "whole, clean, uninjured," figuratively "sound, genuine, pure, true, candid, truthful" (see sincere).

Synonym

n.

open-heartedness ingenuousness honesty trust-worthiness artlessness openness straightness squareness plain-dealing trustiness guilelessness

n.

single-heartedness heartfelt fervency fervidness earnestness emotion

n.

naturalness unpretentiousness straightforwardness candor candidness straight plain-spokenness shooting guilelessness realness genuineness down-rightness forthrightness explicitness frankness trueness true-heartedness

Example

1. But many doubt the government 's sincerity .

2. Remember , everybody deserves to be treated with respect and sincerity .

3. It is cool , but it kiboshes any semblance of sincerity .

4. And it is time that the pious declarations of commitment to such a process showed some sincerity .

5. " We have not seen any sincerity by the japanese government to improve ties , " wang said .

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