Probably precisely because it is so longstanding, leached by time of its sincerity.
However, by the time of Hegel, the ideal of sincerity had lost its normative appeal.
But that sniping was a distraction from Mr. Sheeran's surfeit of sincerity; at times he came off like an exceedingly aggressive busker, seeking to inject himself into his audience's consciousness.
It is another reason to think that Communist rhetoric, this time at least, has a ring of sincerity to it.
Hedging his bets in the Times, Michael Brenson wrote that "the blend of sincerity and scheming, cleanness and crassness, chastity and corruption, presents an impossible contradiction".
The book, by Jeff Whitty, is cleverly satirical at times, but other times the intended sincerity of a character learning a lesson drowns out the snarky wit lurking beneath the surface.
She also said Ghomeshi's apology was not done out of sincerity, but "to avoid jail time".
In his letter to Ms. Adams and Mr. Christofi, Mr. Williams reiterated several times the sincerity of his remorse, reminding them that he had sent a handwritten letter last year and saying that his lawyers had prevented him from writing again.
Mostly it was Mrs. Dean's unvarnished and at times impolitic candor that lent the interview a dash of sincerity.
In a cynical time, there's something to be said for that kind of sincerity.
It has also to do with a kind of sincerity: some stars survive by changing with the times, Andrews has thrived by resisting them.
