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Definition of Ingenuousness
1. Noun. The quality of innocent naivete.
Generic synonyms: Naiveness, Naivete, Naivety
Specialized synonyms: Innocency
Derivative terms: Artless, Ingenuous, Innocent
2. Noun. Openly straightforward or frank.
Specialized synonyms: Artlessness
Antonyms: Disingenuousness
Derivative terms: Ingenuous
Definition of Ingenuousness
1. n. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
Definition of Ingenuousness
1. Noun. The condition of being ingenuous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ingenuousness
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Medical Definition of Ingenuousness
1. 1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness. 2. Ingenuity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingenuousness
Literary usage of Ingenuousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... briefly described by Meyer: "First, from the fifth century a slow groping
struggle with many essays, clumsy but still attractive in their ingenuousness. ..."
2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1883)
"... unparalleled sensation in fashionable circles by her I beauty and ingenuousness.
She is subjected to a thorough course of training in the customs of ..."
3. History of the Northwest Coast by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1886)
"... •BEAVER'—INDIAN BATTLE—MUTINY—WAR—THE 'THOMAS PERKINS"— ingenuousness OF THE
ABORIGINAL SKIN-SELLER AND THE EUROPEAN RUM-SELLER—FIRST TRIP NORTHWARD OF ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... and invites to conciliation : ingenuousness is most wanted where there is most
to conceal ; it courts favor and kindness by an acknowledgment of that ..."
5. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"... cannon ball. gave a remarkable evidence of the candour and ingenuousness of
his temper. He read in St. Paul's cathedral a public lecture upon the book ..."
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