sincerity


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Synonyms for sincerity

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Synonyms for sincerity

an earnest and sincere feeling

a quality of naturalness and simplicity

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References in classic literature ?
"Absolute sincerity is rather difficult, don't you think?" she inquired, with a touch of irony.
"I'm convinced," he said, "that there are cases in which perfect sincerity is possible--cases where there's no relationship, though the people live together, if you like, where each is free, where there's no obligation upon either side."
Accordingly I called her in, and placing myself as interpreter between my religious priest and the woman, I entreated him to begin with her; but sure such a sermon was never preached by a Popish priest in these latter ages of the world; and as I told him, I thought he had all the zeal, all the knowledge, all the sincerity of a Christian, without the error of a Roman Catholic; and that I took him to be such a clergyman as the Roman bishops were before the Church of Rome assumed spiritual sovereignty over the consciences of men.
"Carlyle," says a French writer, "has taken up a mission; he is a prophet, the prophet of sincerity. This sincerity or earnestness he would have applied everywhere: he makes it the law, the healthy and holy law, of art, of morals, of politics."* And through all Carlyle's exaggeration and waywardness of diction we find that note ring clear again and again.
A person's character is an additional factor in evaluating sincerity. Has he been deceptive in the past?
| TOKYO, June 20 (KUNA) -- South Korea on Thursday raised the bar on conditions for resuming stalled nuclear talks with North Korea, saying Pyongyang must show its sincerity through more pledges, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Sincerity; how a moral ideal born five hundred years ago inspired religious wars, modern art, hipster chic, and the curious notion that we all have something to say (no matter how dull).
Writing about sincerity, Lionel Trilling noted the paradox at the heart of high modernism.
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called on North Korea on Wednesday to open the stalled dialogue with the South ''with sincerity'' and South Korea would be ready to be ''fully cooperative'' with the North.
Why does Denise have an issue about the sincerity of the demonstrators with little interest in their reasoning?
Simon: Dutch Aquamarine, Gas Sincerity. Svitzer: Phoenix Cross, Coatham Cross, Svitzer Sun, Svitzer Bootle, Fiery Cross.
Launched by LG Electronics Business Solutions, a business-to-business infotainment company, the campaign Sincerity at sincere.lge.com/gf marks the arrival of LG's new LED monitors series, the E40 and E50, a statement said.