sincerity
n.the quality of being honest and real about your feelings. When you have this, you truly mean what you say.
n.the quality of being free from pretence, deceit, or hypocrisy. Refers to the genuine nature of a person's feelings or intentions.
“I could tell from her voice that she spoke with sincerity.”
“The manager's apology lacked sincerity, making the employees feel that their concerns were not actually being heard.”
“While the politician's platform was popular, many voters questioned the sincerity of his sudden shift in policy just weeks before the general election.”
Commonly follows the preposition 'with' or is modified by the verb 'lack'.
“Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Some of this material is delivered from Jonno’s “stool of sincerity”, to which he repairs (or so he tells us) when wishing to speak from the heart.”
“Context allows people to recognize sarcasm, humor, sincerity, and emotion.”
From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.