| sincerity | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. earnestness, seriousness, sincerity | an earnest and sincere feeling. |
| ~ solemnity, gravity | a solemn and dignified feeling. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. sincerity | the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical.; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity" |
| ~ wholeheartedness, heartiness | the quality of hearty sincerity. |
| ~ singleness, straightforwardness | without hypocrisy.; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned" |
| ~ truthfulness | the quality of being truthful. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. sincerity, unassumingness | a quality of naturalness and simplicity.; "the simple sincerity of folk songs" |
| ~ naturalness | the quality of being natural or based on natural principles.; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity | the trait of being serious.; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness" |
| ~ trait | a distinguishing feature of your personal nature. |
| ~ commitment, committedness | the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.; "a man of energy and commitment" |
| ~ graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness | a manner that is serious and solemn. |
| ~ sedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidness | a trait of dignified seriousness. |
| sincere | | |
| adj. | 1. sincere | open and genuine; not deceitful.; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" |
| ~ echt, genuine | not fake or counterfeit.; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" |
| ~ honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent.; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" |
| ~ artless, ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious.; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" |
| ~ real, existent | being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory.; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!" |
| ~ bona fide | undertaken in good faith.; "a bona fide offer" |
| ~ cordial | sincerely or intensely felt.; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste" |
| ~ heartfelt, devout, earnest, dear | earnest.; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" |
| ~ honest | without dissimulation; frank.; "my honest opinion" |
| ~ unfeigned, genuine, true | not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed.; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" |
| ~ heart-whole, whole-souled, wholehearted | with unconditional and enthusiastic devotion.; "heart-whole friendship"; "gave wholehearted support to her candidacy"; "wholehearted commitment"; "demonstrated his whole-souled allegiance" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 2. earnest, sincere, solemn | characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message" |
| ~ serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!" |
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