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–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.

[Origin: 1540–50; in-³ + sincerity

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in·sin·cere Audio Help (ĭn'sĭn-sîr') Pronunciation Key
adj. Not sincere; hypocritical.

in'sin·cere'ly adv., in'sin·cer'i·ty (-sěr'ĭ-tē) n.

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insincerity
noun
the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical [ant: sincerity]

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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.

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