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insincerity|ɪnsɪnˈsɛrɪtɪ|
[f. L. insincērus insincere + -ity: cf. sincerity.]
†1. Want of purity, corruption. Obs.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. 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.
a1699Stillingfl. 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. 1792Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 231 Manfredi, a statesman of the Italian school, who takes insincerity for wisdom. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. II. 232 In him, infinite insincerity was accompanied with a grace of manner which regained confidence as rapidly as it was forfeited. 1885A. Dobson Steele Introd. 11 He raised his voice unceasingly in condemnation of the fashionable insincerities of his day. |