(insincerity)
1Insincerity — In sin*cer i*ty, n. [Cf. F. insinc[ e]rit[ e].] The quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a… …
2insincerity — index bad faith, deceit, deception, dishonesty, disloyalty, duplicity, falsification, hypocrisy, improbity …
3insincerity — (n.) 1540s, from L. insincerus (see INSINCERE (Cf. insincere)) + ITY (Cf. ity) …
4insincerity — [in΄sin ser′ə tē] n. 1. the quality of being insincere 2. pl. insincerities an insincere act, remark, etc …
5insincerity — noun Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness. His insincerity was obvious to all, he was neither honest nor believable. Ant: sincerity …
6insincerity — insincere ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not expressing genuine feelings. DERIVATIVES insincerely adverb insincerity noun (pl. insincerities) …
7insincerity — noun see insincere …
8insincerity — /in sin ser i tee/, n., pl. insincerities 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. [1540 50; IN 3 + SINCERITY] * * * …
9insincerity — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apparent soundness, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, circularity, craftiness, credibility gap, crossed fingers, deceitfulness,… …
10insincerity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. distortion, falsity, pretense, lies; see deception 1 , dishonesty , hypocrisy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of sincerity: ambidexterity, artificiality, disingenuousness, phoniness. See HONEST …
