insincerityn.
/ɪnsɪnˈsɛrɪti/ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > corruption
corrumpciona1340
corruptiona1400
subversiona1425
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
putrefactiona1622
corruptedness1648
putridity1823
putrescence1841
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts Pref. If there shal no more insynceritee of doctrine appere in the writynges of theim that will so saie, then [etc.].
2. The opposite of sincerity; the quality of being insincere; dissimulation; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disingenuousness > [noun]
uningenuousness1644
unsincerity1646
disingenuity1650
uningenuity1650
disingenuousness1674
uncandidness1681
unsincereness1683
insinceritya1699
uncandour1879
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > disingenuousness or insincerity
uningenuousness1644
unsincerity1646
disingenuity1650
uningenuity1650
unsinglenessa1658
disingenuousness1674
uncandidness1681
unsincereness1683
insinceritya1699
uncandour1879
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun]
hollow-heartedness1549
bias drawinga1616
unsincerity1646
hollowness1648
unsincereness1683
insinceritya1699
phoniness1910
a1699 E. Stillingfleet Serm. IV. iii. (R.) Doing all our duties to God in such a manner as our conscience cannot charge us with gross neglect or insincerity.
1792 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 231 Manfredi, a statesman of the Italian school, who takes insincerity for wisdom.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 232 In him, infinite insincerity was accompanied with a grace of manner which regained confidence as rapidly as it was forfeited.
1885 A. Dobson Steele Introd. 11 He raised his voice unceasingly in condemnation of the fashionable insincerities of his day.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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