the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
<noun.attribute> his sincerity inspired belief they demanded some proof of my sincerity
a quality of naturalness and simplicity
<noun.attribute> the simple sincerity of folk songs
the trait of being serious
<noun.attribute> a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness
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.
I protest, in the sincerity of love. --Shak.
Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important. --Knox.
I don't doubt for a minute the sincerity with which the Irish government believe that it is over for good.
Also, unions often challenge the sincerity of the new safety programs, since labor groups are rarely invited to participate and the programs aren't included in contracts.
Instead of appeasing their domestic left demanding that President Reagan prove his "sincerity," the NATO leaders now must either accept or oppose an agreement they privately find distasteful.
He relates it with such sincerity that you want to believe him.
His sincerity and quiet charm made him a goodwill ambassador for the city.
"If there were any who doubted his sincerity, they can now be assured they were wrong.
PRI officials were treating the party's defeats almost as victories, saying they demonstrated the sincerity of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's promise to clean up Mexico's elections and modernize its politics.
"Reverend Al's" letter exuded sincerity: "Return this prayer letter with $5 as a vital faith contract to put an end to your problems.
But they are told to "dress for success," because taxpayers may judge their fairness, sincerity, and competence by appearances.
Iraq, which accepted the resolution when it was issued last year, demanded the talks as a test of Iran's sincerity.
The pending prisoner releases are meant to counter this perception and signal Pretoria's sincerity about creating a climate for negotiation in South Africa.
Many of the Armenian activists who had been pressing for annexation have cast the question as a test of the sincerity of Gorbachev's campaigns to give Soviets more say in governmental affairs.
In his hands passages of sadness and longing, of humour and sincerity appeared alongside the sarcasm and savagery.
The orphans are pathetic, and Bourne gets theatrical mileage from the sincerity with which his cast conveys this.
But he later assured his colleagues of his sincerity.
However, I am still waiting for the concrete result which will prove his sincerity and good intentions in the Asian-Pacific area."
"The Korean people aren't really sure of the depth of the sincerity on the part of the Japanese," says Lee Hong Kee, a special adviser to Mr. Roh.
I am sure he writes in all sincerity.
There are moments when Pinero's plot starts to seem too conventional (late in Act Three), and bit parts in Act Four that are acted more for staple comedy than for sincerity.
Laboring under U.S. and British threats to boycott the Moscow conference if sufficient progress in human rights is not made, the Soviet delegation tried to dispel doubts about its sincerity.
No doubt there is sincerity in the lyrics of "In the Living Years," a song co-written by Mike Rutherford and B.A. Robertson not long after their fathers died.
"There can no longer be any doubt about the government's sincerity in seeking to create a just dispensation based on negotiations," de Klerk said.
Far from revealing traces of self-consciousness or pastiche in the score, this performance pointed up its sincerity and range of invention, its cumulative punch and psychological perception.
When presidential campaigner George Bush said that if elected he wouldn't raise taxes his sincerity was questioned.
Mr Major's plain speaking, his obvious sincerity and his widely perceived honesty, constitute his principal sources of political strength.
On the one hand, he has pacing, variety, feeling, sincerity; the way he keeps shifting the mood in every speech and dialogue is admirable.
"Vietnam showed no sincerity at the conference," Liu said.
But for now, Thomas is trying to project grandfatherly sincerity and folksy charm in a series of ads designed to reignite growth at the company he named after one of his daughters 20 years ago this fall.
The confusing rhetoric from the Palestinian side has failed to persuade the Israeli in the street of Arafat's sincerity in seeking peace or his ability to live up to an agreement.
While he is not a great romantic actor, Booth's purposeful sincerity won him deserved applause. The role of Mariella, the ingenue heroine is not rewarding: she has little to do save suffer.