in·sin·cer·i·ty
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Audio Help [in-sin-ser-i-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ties for 2.
| 1. | the quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity; hypocrisy; deceitfulness. |
| 2. | an instance of being insincere: He recalled their many past insincerities. |
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adj. Not sincere; hypocritical. in'sin·cere'ly adv., in'sin·cer'i·ty (-sěr'ĭ-tē) n. |
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| insincerity | |
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| the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical [ant: sincerity] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Insincerity
In`sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insinc['e]rit['e].] The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no other thing than dissimulation and insincerity. --Blair.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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