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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