sincerity

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sincerity

  • /sɪnˈsɛɹɪti/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛɹɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.

noun sincerities

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being sincere. I protest, in the sincerity of love.

    Similar: honesty, sincereness · Opposite: insincerity, insincereness

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Closest in meaning: earnestness, seriousness, unassumingness, serious-mindedness, genuineness, sincere, authenticity, honesty, truthfulness, veracity, truth, openness, fairness, earnest, probity, faith

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noun quality of being sincere

Españolsinceridad
한국어성실 seongsil, 성의 seong'ui
日本語誠実 seijitsu, 誠意 seii
中文真誠 /真诚 zhēnchéng, 真心 zhēnxīn, 誠實 /诚实 chéngshí, 真摯 /真挚 zhēnzhì, 誠意 /诚意 chéngyì
Portuguêssinceridade
Françaissincérité
DeutschAufrichtigkeit, Ehrlichkeit
Italianosincerità
Ελληνικάειλικρίνεια eilikríneia
Românăsinceritate
Русскийи́скренность ískrennostʹ, открове́нность otkrovénnostʹ, че́стность čéstnostʹ
Tiếng Việtsự chân thành
العربيةإِخْلَاص ʔiḵlāṣ

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@misc{sincerity_2026,
  title = {sincerity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sincerity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}