Thesaurus: insincerity

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1. n. 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.
2. n. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
3. 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.
4. The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of beingin reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical;deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity ofa professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard.What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is commonly no otherthing than dissimulation and insincerity. Blair.
5. n:100 n. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical