| NOUN | attribute | naturalness | the quality of being natural or based on natural principles |
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| attribute | naturalness, artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness | the quality of innocent naivete | |
| attribute | naturalness | the likeness of a representation to the thing represented |
| Meaning | The quality of being natural or based on natural principles. | |
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| Attributes | natural | In accordance with nature |
| unnatural | not in accordance with or determined by nature | |
| Narrower | ease, informality | freedom from constraint or embarrassment |
| naturalization, naturalisation | The quality of being brought into conformity with nature | |
| simplicity, simmpleness | absence of affectation or pretense | |
| sincerity, unassumingness | A quality of naturalness and simplicity | |
| spontaneity, spontaneousness | The quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | |
| unaffectedness | not affected | |
| unpretentiousness | The quality of being natural and without pretensions | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | unnaturalness | The quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles |
| Spanish | naturalidad | |
| Catalan | naturalitat | |
| Adjectives | natural | existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world |
| natural | free from artificiality | |
| Meaning | The quality of innocent naivete. | |
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| Synonyms | artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | The likeness of a representation to the thing represented. | |
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| Example | "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music" | |
| Broader | likeness, alikeness, similitude | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things |
| Adjectives | natural | existing in or produced by nature |
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