different between openness vs sincerity

English

Etymology

From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”).

Noun

openness (usually uncountable, plural opennesses)

1. Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.
2. The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.
3. Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency.
4. (computing, education) degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing.
5. (systems theory) The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.

Synonyms

• (accommodating attitude or opinion): open-mindedness, approachability

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sinc?ritas; both from Latin sinc?ritas, from sinc?rus + -t?s. Equivalent to sincere +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?s???ti/
• Rhymes: -???ti
• Hyphenation: sin?cer?i?ty

Noun

sincerity (countable and uncountable, plural sincerities)

1. The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
   • c. 1779-1790, Vicesimus Knox, Essays Moral and Literary

     If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better

Synonyms

• honesty
• sincereness

Antonyms

• insincerity

Related terms

• sincere

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