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–noun, plural -ties.

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

[Origin: 1540–50; < L sincéritās. See sincere, -ity

]

—Synonyms truth, candor, frankness. See honor.

—Antonyms duplicity.

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sin·cer·i·ty Audio Help (sĭn-sěr'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. The quality or condition of being sincere; genuineness, honesty, and freedom from duplicity.

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sincerity

1546, from M.Fr. sincérité (1519), from L. sinceritatem (nom. sinceritas), from sincerus "sound, pure, whole," perhaps originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from sem-, sin- "one" + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Ground sense is of "that which is not falsified."

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sincerity
noun
1.	an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness]
2.	the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity" [ant: falseness]
3.	a quality of naturalness and simplicity; "the simple sincerity of folk songs"
4.	the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: seriousness] [ant: frivolity]

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sinˈcerity [-ˈse-] noun

the state of being sincere
Example: The sincerity of his comments was obvious to all.

Arabic:	صِدْق، إخْلاص
Chinese (Simplified):	真诚
Chinese (Traditional):	真誠
Czech:	upřímnost
Danish:	oprigtighed
Dutch:	oprechtheid
Estonian:	puhtsüdamlikkus
Finnish:	vilpittömyys
French:	sincérité
German:	die Aufrichtigkeit
Greek:	ειλικρίνεια
Hungarian:	őszinteség
Icelandic:	einlægni
Indonesian:	ketulusan
Italian:	sincerità

Japanese:	誠実
Korean:	성실, 진실
Latvian:	patiesums; sirsnība
Lithuanian:	nuoširdumas
Norwegian:	oppriktighet
Polish:	szczerość
Portuguese (Brazil):	sinceridade
Portuguese (Portugal):	sinceridade
Romanian:	sinceritate
Russian:	искренность
Slovak:	úprimnosť
Slovenian:	iskrenost
Spanish:	sinceridad
Swedish:	uppriktighet, ärlighet
Turkish:	samimiyet