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“insincerity” in Latin
frauscheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles; delusion, error; injury, hurt, harmīnfidēlitāsunfaithfulness, faithlessness, infidelityaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break ingenuusnatural, indigenous; free-born, freeborn, of free birth; noble, upright, frank, candid, ingenuous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insincerity
fraus (deceit; opposed to veritas, Cic., Lael. 24, 89): ambigua fides (Liv., 6, 2): ingenium ambiguum (Plin., not trustworthy): infidelitas (unfaithfulness; where fidelity or truth is justly expected; friendships, quarum infidelitatem extimescebat; infidelitatis suspicionem sustinere, Caes., B.C., 2, 33): *ingenium parum simplex (apertum, ingenuum, etc.). He is made up of insincerity, nihil apparet in eo ingenuum; ex fraude totus constare videtur. Vid. DECEIT, DISSIMULATION.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insincerity?
- The usual Latin words for “insincerity” are fraus, īnfidēlitās, aperiō; also ingenuus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.