| slovo | definícia |
sincerity
(mass) | sincerity
- srdečnosť, úprimnosť |
sincerity
(encz) | sincerity,srdečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sincerity
(encz) | sincerity,upřímnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sincerity
(gcide) | Sincerity \Sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F.
sinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or
intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or
false pretense; sincereness.
[1913 Webster]
I protest, in the sincerity of love. --Shak.
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Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
--Knox.
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sincerity
(wn) | sincerity
n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: earnestness,
seriousness, sincerity]
2: the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or
hypocritical; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded
some proof of my sincerity" [ant: falseness, hollowness,
insincerity]
3: a quality of naturalness and simplicity; "the simple
sincerity of folk songs" [syn: sincerity, unassumingness]
4: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn:
seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness,
sincerity] [ant: frivolity, frivolousness] |
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insincerity
(encz) | insincerity,neupřímnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Insincerity
(gcide) | 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.
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What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is
commonly no other thing than dissimulation and
insincerity. --Blair.
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Sincerity
(gcide) | Sincerity \Sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F.
sinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or
intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or
false pretense; sincereness.
[1913 Webster]
I protest, in the sincerity of love. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
--Knox.
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Unsincerity
(gcide) | Unsincerity \Un`sin*cer"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being unsincere or impure;
insincerity. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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insincerity
(wn) | insincerity
n 1: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or
hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness,
hollowness] [ant: sincerity] |
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