sənˈserəd.ē, -ˈsir-, -rətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French sincerité, from Latin sinceritat-, sinceritas, from sincerus sincere + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality or state of being sincere
the passionate sincerity of artists and other intellectuals may still be warped by wishful preferences — H.J.Muller
2.
a. : a sincere feeling
grounded not on garnitures and semblances but on realities and sincerities — Thomas Carlyle
b. : an expression of a sincere feeling
his voice altered and ceased to sing its pleasantly tuned sincerities — Nancy Keesing