Artlessness
81rural — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rustic, provincial, countrified, bucolic, pastoral, arcadian, agrarian. See agriculture, populace. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rustic, country, farm, agricultural, pastoral, bucolic, backwoods,… …
82simpleness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of complication Nouns 1. simpleness, classicism; purity, homogeneity; cleanness. 2. simplicity, artlessness, innocence; plainness, homeliness; undress; chastity, severity; elegance. See credulity.… …
83veracity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See truth. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Honesty] Syn. truth, truthfulness, trustworthiness, integrity, honor, honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, openness, fidelity, probity, plain dealing,… …
84simplicity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being without complication] Syn. singleness, homogeneity, purity, uniformity, clearness, unity, integrity, monotony. Ant. confusion*, intricacy, complexity. 2. [The quality of being plain] Syn. plainness, stark… …
85naivete — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ni eev TAY] or [ni EEV uh TAY] childlike innocence or unsophistication, lack of insight and experience. The con man took advantage of her obvious naivete. SYN.: inexperience, childishness,… …
86Manifestation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Manifestation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,527,} manifestation Sgm: N 1 plainness plainness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 plain speaking plain speaking Sgm: N 1 expression expression Sgm: N 1 showing …
87Veracity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Veracity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 veracity veracity Sgm: N 1 truthfulness truthfulness frankness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 truth truth sincerity candor honesty fidelity Sgm: N 1 …
88artless — art|less [ˈa:tləs US ˈa:rt ] adj 1.) literary natural, honest, and sincere ▪ artless sincerity 2.) formal made or done without any skill ▪ an artless copy of European art >artlessly adj >artlessness n [U] …
89ingenuous — [16] Etymologically, ingenuous means ‘inborn’. English acquired it from Latin ingenuus, which was composed of the prefix inand the element *gen , denoting ‘production, birth’. This was originally used for ‘born in a particular place, native, not… …
90artless — (adj.) 1580s, unskillful, from ART (Cf. art) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Later also uncultured (1590s); then unartificial, natural (1670s) and guileless, ingenuous (1714). Related: Artlessly; artlessness …
