† unsincerityn.
Obsolete.
1. Impurity; admixture. Cf. insincerity n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > adulteration > quality of being adulterated
bastardy1574
impurity1605
unsincerity1661
1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 99 A Spirit of Sea-salt may without any unsincerity be so prepar'd, as to dissolve the body of crude Gold.
2. Lack of sincerity; = insincerity n. 2.
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
1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts 42 An argument of the unsincerity of that contrition.
1692 J. Norris 2 Treat. Divine Light i. 67 See the Inconsistency and Unsincerity of this Writer!
1707 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Reflexions upon Politeness of Manners 227 All this opens a Prospect to the bottom of their Hearts, and manifests their Unsincerity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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