Sincerity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sincerity \Sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F.
     sinc['e]rit['e].]
     The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or
     intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or
     false pretense; sincereness.
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           I protest, in the sincerity of love.     --Shak.
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           Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
                                                    --Knox.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  123 Moby Thesaurus words for "sincerity":
     abandon, absolute realism, ardency, ardor, artlessness,
     authenticity, bluffness, bluntness, bona fideness, broadness,
     brusqueness, candidness, candor, childlikeness, commitment,
     committedness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication,
     definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness,
     devotedness, devotion, devoutness, directness, earnestness, faith,
     faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire,
     forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness,
     guilelessness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, honesty,
     impassionedness, inartificiality, ingenuousness, innocence,
     intensity, intentness, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism,
     literality, literalness, loyalty, naiveness, naivete, naivety,
     naturalism, naturalness, obstinacy, openheartedness, openness,
     outspokenness, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence,
     photographic realism, plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness,
     plainspokenness, purpose, purposefulness, realism, realness,
     relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness,
     roundness, self-will, seriousness, simpleheartedness,
     simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, single-heartedness,
     single-mindedness, singleness of heart, spirit,
     straightforwardness, tenacity, total commitment, true-to-lifeness,
     trustfulness, truth to nature, truthfulness, unadulteration,
     unaffectedness, unconstraint, unfictitiousness, unguardedness,
     unreserve, unrestraint, unsophisticatedness, unsophistication,
     unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsuspiciousness, unsyntheticness,
     unwariness, uprightness, vehemence, verisimilitude, warmth, will,
     zeal