| NOUN | attribute | ingenuousness, artlessness, innocence, naturalness | the quality of innocent naivete |
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| attribute | ingenuousness | openly straightforward or frank |
| Meaning | The quality of innocent naivete. | |
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| Synonyms | artlessness, innocence, naturalness | |
| Narrower | innocency | An innocent quality or thing or act |
| Broader | naivete, naivety, naiveness | lack of sophistication or worldliness |
| Spanish | ingenuidad, inocencia, naturalidad | |
| Catalan | ingenuïtat, innocència, naturalitat | |
| Adjectives | ingenuous | lacking in sophistication or worldliness |
| Meaning | openly straightforward or frank. | |
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| Narrower | artlessness | ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit |
| Broader | candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness | The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
| Opposite | disingenuousness | The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor |
| Spanish | ingenuidad | |
| Catalan | ingenuïtat | |
| Adjectives | ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
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