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Definition of Sincerity

1. Noun. An earnest and sincere feeling.

2. Noun. The quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical. "They demanded some proof of my sincerity"

3. Noun. A quality of naturalness and simplicity. "The simple sincerity of folk songs"

4. Noun. The trait of being serious. "A lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"

Definition of Sincerity

1. n. The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

Definition of Sincerity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sincerity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sincerity

sinapoleic acid sinapoline sincalide sincaline since since a long time ago since when sincere sincerely sincerely yours

sincereness sincerenesses sincerer sincerest sincerities sincerity (current term) sincipita sincipital sincipital presentation sinciput

sinciputs sincke sincosite sind sinded sinding sinding-larson-johansson disease sindings sindon sindonological

Literary usage of Sincerity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"If he flies to the canons of the fourth the defect was in his sincerity, or his judg- against the Emperor, will not justify what me. ..."

2. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"The apotheosis of sincerity to which Confucius gives expression in the Doctrine ... "sincerity is the end and the beginning of all things; without sincerity ..."

3. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1881)
"'The favour of God, therefore, follows sincerity considered as such ; and, therefore, equally follows every equal degree of sincerity. ..."

4. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"The favour of God, therefore, follows sincerity considered as such; and, therefore, equally follows every equal degree of sincerity. ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1908)
""sincerity works by and through itself ; the Path leads by and through itself. ... Without sincerity no existence is possible. Therefore, sincerity is most ..."

6. The Bookman (1911)
"Of course, sincerity in art, whichever of these two kinds it may be, is at best a compromise. No matter how literally we try to produce upon canvas the ..."

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