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Definition of Barefacedness
1. n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
Definition of Barefacedness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being barefaced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barefacedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Barefacedness
Literary usage of Barefacedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Robert Williams (1869)
"For, even although barefacedness and utter absence of all shame at a disgraceful
act be bad, it does not, on that account, follow that to feel (84. ..."
2. The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill (1878)
"With the usual barefacedness of power not accustomed to find itself disputed,
the influence of priests over women is attacked by Protestant and Liberal ..."
3. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1830)
"But we really do wonder at the barefacedness with which the British writers
upbraid foreign nations in the foulest and most unmeasured language, ..."
4. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"But since the possession of money gives barefacedness to the wealthy, thence
every one perishes when they are most trusting to themselves. ..."
5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... will a young man of these vulgar qualities have unfathomable barefacedness to
propose himself to a young lady of real genuine property respectability, ..."
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