sincerity
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritas; both from Latin sincēritas, from sincērus -tās. Equivalent to sincere -ity.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
- Rhymes: -ɛɹəti
- Hyphenation: sin‧cer‧i‧ty
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]sincerity (countable and uncountable, plural sincerities)
- The quality or state of being sincere.
- Synonyms: honesty, sincereness
- Antonyms: insincerity, insincereness
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- I protest, in the sincerity of love.
- c. 1779-1790, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary:
- If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better
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[edit]quality of being sincere
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