sincerity

n. honesty, frankness, genuineness

Sincerity is the virtue of speaking truly about one's feelings, thoughts, desires. Sincere expression carries risks to the speaker, since the ordinary screens used in everyday life are opened to the outside world. At the same time, we expect our friends, our lovers, our leaders "to be sincere."Surprisingly, sincerity has not always been regarded a virtue in Western culture. It appears to have become an ideal for the first time in Europe and North America in the 17th century; and it gained considerable momentum during the Romantic movement, when sincerity was first celebrated as an artistic and social ideal. Indeed, in mid- to late-nineteenth century America, sincerity was an idea reflected in mannerisms, hairstyles, women's dress, and the literature of the time.
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Noun
1. an earnest and sincere feeling
(synonym) earnestness, seriousness
(hypernym) gravity, solemnity
2. the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded some proof of my sincerity"
(antonym) insincerity, falseness
(hypernym) truthfulness
(hyponym) heartiness, wholeheartedness
(attribute) sincere
3. a quality of naturalness and simplicity; "the simple sincerity of folk songs"
(synonym) unassumingness
(hypernym) naturalness
4. the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
(synonym) seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness
(hypernym) trait
(hyponym) committedness, commitment
(attribute) serious

(n.)
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.
  

Synonyms and related words:
abandon, absolute realism, ardency, ardor, artlessness, authenticity, bluffness, bluntness, bona fideness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, childlikeness, commitment, committedness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, directness, earnestness, faith, faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness, guilelessness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, honesty, impassionedness, inartificiality, ingenuousness, innocence, intensity, intentness, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism, literality, literalness, loyalty, naiveness, naivete, naivety, naturalism, naturalness, obstinacy, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, photographic realism, plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness, purpose, purposefulness, realism, realness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, roundness, self-will, seriousness, simpleheartedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness of heart, spirit, straightforwardness, tenacity, total commitment, true-to-lifeness, trustfulness, truth to nature, truthfulness, unadulteration, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unfictitiousness, unguardedness, unreserve, unrestraint, unsophisticatedness, unsophistication, unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsuspiciousness, unsyntheticness, unwariness, uprightness, vehemence, verisimilitude, warmth, will, zeal