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Insincerity

Insincerity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insincerity? [n] the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insincerity: falseness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insincerity: affectation \| affectedness \| airs \| airs and graces \| apparent soundness \| artfulness \| artificiality \| cant \| casuistry \| circularity \| craftiness \| credibility gap \| crossed fingers \| deceitfulness \| disingenuousness \| distortion \| emptiness \| equivocalness \| equivocation \| evasive reasoning \| facade \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| false front \| false piety \| false show \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| feigned belief \| flattering tongue \| forswearing \| fraud \| front \| goody-goodiness \| gush \| hollow mockery \| hollowness \| hypocrisy \| image \| intrigue \| jesuitism \| jesuitry \| mannerism \| mealymouthedness \| mere show \| misapplication \| mockery \| mummery \| mystification \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| oiliness \| oversubtlety \| perjury \| perversion \| pharisaicalness \| pharisaism \| philosophism \| pietism \| pietisticalness \| piety \| piousness \| plausibility \| plausibleness \| pretense \| pretension \| prunes and prisms \| public image \| put-on \| putting on airs \| rationalization \| religionism \| religiosity \| sanctimoniousness \| sanctimony \| self-righteousness \| sham \| sharp practice \| show \| slobber \| smarm \| snivel \| snuffle \| sophism \| sophistical reasoning \| sophistication \| sophistry \| special pleading \| speciosity \| specious reasoning \| speciousness \| stylishness \| subtlety \| Tartuffery \| Tartuffism \| that flattering unction \| tongue in cheek \| uncandidness \| uncandor \| unction \| unctuousness \| unfrankness \| unnaturalness \| unsincereness \| untruthfulness \| vicious circle \| vicious reasoning See Also \| hypocrisy \| untruthfulness Insincerity In Webster's Dictionary \In`sincer"ity\, n. [Cf. F. insinc['e]rit['e].] The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no other thing than dissimulation and insincerity. --Blair.

Insincerity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insincerity?

[n] the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insincerity: falseness

See Also | hypocrisy | untruthfulness

Insincerity In Webster's Dictionary

\In`sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of
being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation;
hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness;
as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of
professions of regard.

      What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is
      commonly no other thing than dissimulation and
      insincerity.                             --Blair.

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