sincerityn.

Brit.

/s(ɪ)nˈsɛrᵻti/, U.S.

/sɪnˈsɛrədi/

Etymology: < Latin sincēritas, < sincērus sincere adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French sincérité (1519), Spanish sinceridad, Portuguese sinceridade, Italian sincerità.

The character, quality, or state of being sincere.

†1.

a. Freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity, correctness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun]

purenessa1398

simplenessa1398

simplicitya1398

simplesse?c1400

sincerity1546

purity1553

incompoundness1600

unmixedness1612

immixtness1646

immixture1648

uncompoundedness1649

meracity1656

incommixturea1682

singleness1695

simplexity1817

sheerness1903

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement

sincerity1546

veracity1736

exactitude1825

1546 Udall in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. 651 That England might the better attain to the sincerity of Christ's doctrine.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ij^v Such dayly danger honge over their heades that professed the sinceritie of the Gospel.

a1622 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) i. Advt. Some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew Text.

1653 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) i. vii Our Rest..will be absolutely Perfect and Compleat; and this both in the Sincerity and Universality of it.

†b. Genuineness (of a passage). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > authenticity > in origin or authorship

authenticalness1632

legitimation1635

sincerity1678

genuineness1699

authenticity1720

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 363 Though this [passage]..be no where now to be found in those extant Tragedies of this Poet..yet the sincerity thereof, cannot reasonably be at all suspected by us.

a. Freedom from dissimulation or duplicity; honesty, straightforwardness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun]

heartliness1435

singleness1526

fidelity1534

unfeignedness1535

sincereness1537

uprightness1541

integrity1548

entireness1549

sincerity1557

reality1616

realty1619

single-heartedness1642

plain-heartedness1647

single-mindedness1833

genuineness1841

1557 Bible (Whittingham) 2 Cor. ii. 17 But as of synceritie..speake we in Christ.

1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xxiv. 14 Feare the Lord, and serue him in sinceritie, and in trueth.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 281 When we Contemplate his Sincerity, which consists in his candid, open and ingenuous dealing with the Sons of Men.

a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 137 Sincerity goes farther than Capacity.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. II. xxxii. 212 Martyrdom..is a very satisfactory proof of the sincerity of those who voluntarily submit to it.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 27 Who can question the sincerity of these men?

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 337 Henry..felt no confidence either in the sincerity of the pope, or in the sincerity of the French King.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 158 There is nothing so pitilessly and unconsciously cruel as sincerity formulated into dogma.

b. Of feelings: Genuineness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > true character, genuineness

sincerity1611

reality1645

genuineness1647

originality1648

naturalness1656

undissembledness1681

legitimacy1695

genuinity1894

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. viii. 8 To prooue the sinceritie of your loue.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 550 For thee she feels sincerity of woe.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xviii. 75 The sincerity of his friendship has been suspected.

1904 S. H. Butcher Harvard Lect. 191 At the root of all good writing lies sincerity of conviction.

c. plural. Sincere feelings or actions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > sincere feelings or actions

sincerities1841

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 205 Loyalty and Sovereignty..are grounded not on garnitures and semblances, but on realities and sincerities.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iv. 34 Exchange our dilettantisms for sincerities.

1877 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 101 Men of flesh and blood, with beliefs, sincerities and virtues.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sincerity
释义	sincerityn. Brit. /s(ɪ)nˈsɛrᵻti/, U.S. /sɪnˈsɛrədi/ Etymology: < Latin sincēritas, < sincērus sincere adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French sincérité (1519), Spanish sinceridad, Portuguese sinceridade, Italian sincerità. The character, quality, or state of being sincere. †1. a. Freedom from falsification, adulteration, or alloy; purity, correctness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun] purenessa1398 simplenessa1398 simplicitya1398 simplesse?c1400 sincerity1546 purity1553 incompoundness1600 unmixedness1612 immixtness1646 immixture1648 uncompoundedness1649 meracity1656 incommixturea1682 singleness1695 simplexity1817 sheerness1903 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement sincerity1546 veracity1736 exactitude1825 1546 Udall in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. 651 That England might the better attain to the sincerity of Christ's doctrine. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ij^v Such dayly danger honge over their heades that professed the sinceritie of the Gospel. a1622 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) i. Advt. Some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew Text. 1653 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) i. vii Our Rest..will be absolutely Perfect and Compleat; and this both in the Sincerity and Universality of it. †b. Genuineness (of a passage). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > authenticity > in origin or authorship authenticalness1632 legitimation1635 sincerity1678 genuineness1699 authenticity1720 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 363 Though this [passage]..be no where now to be found in those extant Tragedies of this Poet..yet the sincerity thereof, cannot reasonably be at all suspected by us. 2. a. Freedom from dissimulation or duplicity; honesty, straightforwardness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] heartliness1435 singleness1526 fidelity1534 unfeignedness1535 sincereness1537 uprightness1541 integrity1548 entireness1549 sincerity1557 reality1616 realty1619 single-heartedness1642 plain-heartedness1647 single-mindedness1833 genuineness1841 1557 Bible (Whittingham) 2 Cor. ii. 17 But as of synceritie..speake we in Christ. 1611 Bible (King James) Josh. xxiv. 14 Feare the Lord, and serue him in sinceritie, and in trueth. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 281 When we Contemplate his Sincerity, which consists in his candid, open and ingenuous dealing with the Sons of Men. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 137 Sincerity goes farther than Capacity. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. II. xxxii. 212 Martyrdom..is a very satisfactory proof of the sincerity of those who voluntarily submit to it. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 27 Who can question the sincerity of these men? 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 337 Henry..felt no confidence either in the sincerity of the pope, or in the sincerity of the French King. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 158 There is nothing so pitilessly and unconsciously cruel as sincerity formulated into dogma. b. Of feelings: Genuineness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > true character, genuineness sincerity1611 reality1645 genuineness1647 originality1648 naturalness1656 undissembledness1681 legitimacy1695 genuinity1894 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. viii. 8 To prooue the sinceritie of your loue. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 550 For thee she feels sincerity of woe. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xviii. 75 The sincerity of his friendship has been suspected. 1904 S. H. Butcher Harvard Lect. 191 At the root of all good writing lies sincerity of conviction. c. plural. Sincere feelings or actions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > sincere feelings or actions sincerities1841 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 205 Loyalty and Sovereignty..are grounded not on garnitures and semblances, but on realities and sincerities. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. iv. 34 Exchange our dilettantisms for sincerities. 1877 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 101 Men of flesh and blood, with beliefs, sincerities and virtues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1546
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