insincerity

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UK/ɪnsɪnˈsɛɹɪti/

noun

The state or property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.

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

Similar
falsenesshollowness
Opposite
sincerity
OriginEnglish sincerity ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nouninsincerity (countable and uncountable, plural insincerities)

plural insincerities · alternative obsolete unsincerity

  1. countableuncountableThe state or property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.

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

    Antonyms: sincerity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.

Opposite
sincerity

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Similar
falsenesshollowness
Opposite
sincerity
Broader
untruthfulness
Also see
bad faithdoublenessfalsenesshollowness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishsincerity
  8. Englishinsincerity

From in- + sincerity.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian неискреност
  • неискреност (neiskrenost)property of being insincere
Chinese Mandarin 虛偽 /虚伪
  • 虛偽 /虚伪 (xūwěi)property of being insincere
Czech neupřímnost
  • neupřímnostproperty of being insincere
Esperanto malsincereco
  • malsincerecoproperty of being insincere
Finnish epärehellisyys
  • epärehellisyysproperty of being insincere
German Unaufrichtigkeit
  • Unaufrichtigkeitproperty of being insincere
Greek ανειλικρίνεια
  • ανειλικρίνεια (aneilikríneia)property of being insincere
Hindi बेईमानी
  • बेईमानी (beīmānī)property of being insincere
Hungarian őszintétlenség
  • őszintétlenségproperty of being insincere
Japanese 不誠実
  • 不誠実 (fuseijitsu)property of being insincere
Polish nieszczerość
  • nieszczerośćproperty of being insincere
Romanian nesinceritate
  • nesinceritateproperty of being insincere
Russian неи́скренность
  • неи́скренность (neískrennostʹ)property of being insincere
Turkish samimiyetsizlik
  • samimiyetsizlikproperty of being insincere
Ukrainian нещи́рість
  • нещи́рість (neščýristʹ)property of being insincere

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with insincerity

severitysinceritydexterityposterityhilaritycelerityasperityferitypreposterity
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Cite this entry
APA

insincerity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insincerity

MLA

“insincerity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insincerity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insincerity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insincerity.

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