sincerity
Syllables: sin·cer·i·ty/sɪnˈsɛɹəti/
sincerity noun: the quality or state of being sincere.
Noun
sincerity (countable and uncountable, plural sincerities)
- The quality or state of being sincere.
- I protest, in the sincerity of love.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...
- If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is betterc. 1779-1790, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary
- Synonyms:
- honesty, sincereness
- Antonyms:
- insincerity, insincereness
sincerity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sincerity in Hindi
- sincerity, righteousness
- सत्य satya
- sincerity
- सच्चाई saccāī
sincerity in Tamil
- sincerity, true love, piety
- இகுலாசு ikulācu
sincerity in Urdu
- sincerity
- ستیہ satya
sincerity in Bengali
- আন্তরিকতা, নিষ্ঠা
More languagesFewer languages
- sincerity in Malayalam
- ആത്മാർത്ഥത ātmāṟtthata
- sincerity in Odia
- ଆନ୍ତରିକତା
- sincerity in Arabic
- إِخْلَاص ʔiḵlāṣ
- sincerity in Thai
- ความจริงใจ
- sincerity in Vietnamese
- sự chân thành
Examples of sincerity in a sentence
- But his pretense to whalelore didn't even have an aficionado's sincerity.
- Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
- Her interlocutress could feel besides that she kept it up in perfect sincerity.
Synonyms of sincerity
Antonyms
Forms of sincerity
| plural | sincerities |
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Origin of sincerity
From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
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Phrases with sincerity
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Questions about sincerity
- What does sincerity mean?
- Sincerity means the quality or state of being sincere.
- What is sincerity in Hindi?
- Sincerity in Hindi is सत्य (satya), सच्चाई (saccāī). See Sincerity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sincerity?
- Sincerity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sincerity?
- Sincerity is pronounced /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/.
- What is the plural of sincerity?
- The plural of sincerity is sincerities.
Words near sincerity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sincerity (page history and authors); सच्चाई (Hindi) (page history and authors); இகுலாசு (Tamil) (page history and authors); ستیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); sincerity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sincerity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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