insincerity, falseness, hollowness
(noun) the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Source: WordNet® 3.1
insincerity (countable and uncountable, plural insincerities)
Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
