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[syn: insincerity, falseness, hollowness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insincerity \In`sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality of being insincere; lack 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.
[1913 Webster]
What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is
commonly no other thing than dissimulation and
insincerity. --Blair.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insincerity
n 1: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or
hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness,
hollowness] [ant: sincerity]