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sincerity
" At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming."
Lionel Blue

Meaning of "sincerity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SINCERITY

sɪnˈserətɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINCERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sincerity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SINCERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sincerity

Sincerity is the virtue of one who speaks and acts truly about his or her own feelings, thoughts, and desires.

Definition of sincerity in the English dictionary

The definition of sincerity in the dictionary is the condition of being open and genuine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SINCERITY

carroty · democraty · encraty · fissiparity · liberty · obesity · osmolarity · parroty · poverty · property · severity · similarity · society · suitability · superiority · sustainability · unpopularity · validity · variability · versatility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINCERITY

sinarchist · Sinarquism · Sinarquist · Sinatra · Sinbad · Sinbad the Sailor · since · sincere · sincerely · sincereness · sincipita · sincipital · sinciput · Sinclair · Sind · Sindhi · sindon · sindonologist · sindonology · sine

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINCERITY

alterity · ambidexterity · asperity · austerity · authority · celerity · coprosperity · dexterity · ferity · indexterity · insincerity · inverity · jequerity · legerity · posterity · procerity · prosperity · queerity · sinisterity · temerity · verity

Synonyms and antonyms of sincerity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SINCERITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sincerity» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «sincerity» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SINCERITY

Find out the translation of sincerity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sincerity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sincerity» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

诚意
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sinceridad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sincerity
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ईमानदारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صدق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

искренность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sinceridade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আন্তরিকতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sincérité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

ikhlas
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Aufrichtigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

誠意
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

성실
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sinceritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chân thành
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நேர்மை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रामाणिकपणा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

samimiyet
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sincerità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

szczerość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

щирість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sinceritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ειλικρίνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opregtheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppriktighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppriktighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sincerity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINCERITY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sincerity

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10 QUOTES WITH «SINCERITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sincerity.
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Douglas Adams
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
2
Riz Ahmed
The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.
3
William Henry Ashley
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations.
4
Pat Barker
My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
5
Lionel Barrymore
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
6
Bruce Barton
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
7
Lionel Blue
At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming.
8
Garth Brooks
True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.
9
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
10
Lord Byron
Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINCERITY»

Discover the use of sincerity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sincerity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rhetoric of Sincerity
The essays in this volume demonstrate how the performance of sincerity is culturally specific and is enacted in different ways in different media and disciplines, including law and the arts.
Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Carel E. Smith, 2009
2
Real Black: Adventures in Racial Sincerity
The author proposes a new model for thinking about these issues - racial sincerity. This book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that directly and indirectly address how race is negotiated in today's world.
John L. Jackson Jr., 2005
3
Sincerity: How a Moral Ideal Born Five Hundred Years Ago ...
Explores the history, religion, art, and politics behind the history of sincerity, spanning a timeline dotted with Protestant theology, paintings by the insane, French satire, and the anti-hipster movement.
R. Jay Magill, 2012
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The Politics of Sincerity: Plato, Frank Speech, and ...
While this is an understandable reaction to the degradation of public discourse inflicted by political hype, Elizabeth Markovits argues that the search for sincerity in the public arena actually constitutes a dangerous distraction from more ...
Elizabeth Markovits, 2008
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Ritual and Its Consequences : An Essay on the Limits of ...
This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world.
CURA Adam B. Seligman Professor of Religion and Research Associate, BU USA, Department of Anthropology Robert P. Weller Professor and Chair, Reseach Associate Institute for Culture Religion and World Affairs BU USA, Harvard University Robert P. Michael J Professor of Chinese History, USA, 2008
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Professing Sincerity: Modern Lyric Poetry, Commercial ...
" "Professing Sincerity will appeal to students and scholars of Anglo-American lyric poetry, of the history of authorship, and of gender studies and commercial culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Susan B. Rosenbaum, 2007
7
Sincerity: Always for Always
"Sincerity Always For Always" is a nontraditional poetry book that has been written from the heart.
Shawna Kidd, 2011
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Sincerity and Other Works: The Collected Papers of Donald ...
Among the subjects this volume touches on are adult psychopathology, psychoanalytic technique, developmental theory, the training of psychoanalysts, child and adolescent psychopathology, and the appraisal and application of the work of W. ...
Donald Meltzer, Alberto Hahn, 1994
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Conviction & Sincerity: Bible-Based Activities to Strengthen ...
This valuable resource is packed with Bible-based activities that will strengthen the values of Conviction and Sincerity in children ages 6-12.
Ellen E. Larson, 2000
10
Sincerity's Shadow: Self-Consciousness in British Romantic ...
This is lyric poetry's enduring -- though not sole -- claim on us."
Deborah FORBES, Deborah Forbes, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINCERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sincerity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Labor senator mixes up form letters, trashes sincerity
If you're going to send form letters to your constituents, you should probably check you're sending the right one. Trawling for trouble. In correspondence from ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
2
Give Memorable Toasts with the Perfect Balance of Humor and …
“We always say a speech should be about 70 percent humor, 30 percent sincerity. When you are sincere, when you truly break down how you feel about the ... «Lifehacker, Jun 15»
3
High Court Won't Hear Bias Suit Over Sincerity Of Beliefs
Law360, New York (June 8, 2015, 4:11 PM ET) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a decision that revived the discrimination claims in a ... «Law360, Jun 15»
4
Review: In 'The New Sincerity,' Worldviews Are Constantly Changing
In “The New Sincerity,” Alena Smith's splendid new play now having its world premiere at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, a young journalist named Rose ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Theater Review: 'The New Sincerity' at Bay Street Is Brutally Honest
Bay Street Theater and Sag Harbor Center for the Arts opens its 24th season with the world premiere of Alena Smith's The New Sincerity, directed by Bob ... «Dan's Papers, Jun 15»
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Doubts cast on Yoo's sincerity
However, the program cast doubt on Yoo's sincerity. "After Yoo gave up his Korean citizenship in 2002, he never officially requested information or asked any ... «Korea Times, May 15»
7
Nari Contractor prescribes 'sincerity of purpose' for MCA's talent hunt …
Yet, we persevered." Contractor's parting shot is prescriptive: "There must be sincerity of purpose. If not, it won't work. After all, this is raw talent they are dealing ... «Mid-Day, May 15»
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Justin Bieber Hopes 'People Felt the Sincerity' of His Apologies
"I hope people felt the sincerity in my apologies," he says. "There are a lot of things that have happened in the last couple years that I'm not proud of and I feel a ... «People Magazine, Apr 15»
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Sincerity Is Overrated
Is the candidate truthful, honest, sincere, candid, authentic? The New York Times asked yesterday whether Hillary Clinton's focus on inequality was sincere: "the ... «The American Prospect, Apr 15»
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Comedy Festival review: Akmal shows sincerity is the purest form of …
Comedy Festival review: Akmal shows sincerity is the purest form of comedy ... takes the piss out of you, you love him more and more because he's so sincere. «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
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