Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.

    His insincerity was obvious to all; he was neither honest nor believable.

    Unaufrichtigkeit

    неи́скренностьneískrennostʹ

    нещи́рістьneščýristʹ

More definitions
  • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.

  2. All social interactions, naturally, will involve some degree of insincerity, which I believe is necessary.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
property of being insincere:
Русский
By meaning 1
property of being insincere:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
property of being insincere:

Forms

plural: insincerities
Singularinsincerity
Pluralinsincerities

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedinsincere

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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