INSINCERITY

insincerity, falseness, hollowness

(noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

insincerity (countable and uncountable, plural insincerities)

Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.

Antonyms

• sincerity

Source: Wiktionary

In`sin*cer"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insincérité.]

Definition: The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard. What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no other thing than dissimulation and insincerity. Blair.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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