Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insincerity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insincerity \In`sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality of being insincere; want 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.
What men call policy and knowledge of the world, is
commonly no other thing than dissimulation and
insincerity. --Blair.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insincerity
n : the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or
hypocritical [syn: {falseness}] [ant: {sincerity}]
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