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Definition of Simplicity

1. Noun. The quality of being simple or uncompounded. "The simplicity of a crystal"

2. Noun. A lack of penetration or subtlety. "They took advantage of her simplicity"

3. Noun. Absence of affectation or pretense.

4. Noun. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. "The very easiness of the deed held her back"

5. Noun. Lack of ornamentation. "The room was simply decorated with great restraint"

Definition of Simplicity

1. n. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

Definition of Simplicity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths. ¹

2. Noun. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine. ¹

3. Noun. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity. ¹

4. Noun. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life. ¹

5. Noun. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration. ¹

6. Noun. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly. ¹

7. Noun. (rare) An act or instance of foolishness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Simplicity

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Simplicity

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simplicially simplician simplicians simpliciter simplicities simplicity (current term) simplifaction simplification simplifications simplified

simplified expression simplified expressions simplifier simplifiers simplifies simplify simplifying simpling simplings simplism

Literary usage of Simplicity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Education by Barnard (1882)
"simplicity. The habit of simplicity is valuable, partly and principally because ... Much of the quaint simplicity and apparent originality of a child arises ..."

2. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"He will sow his wild-oats," she would say, "and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his." S CHAPTER XL ARCADIAN simplicity. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1916)
"simplicity vs. COMPLEXITY OF COLOR HUES By EM ALSPACH In the experiments here reported, we have sought to obtain introspective evidence with regard to the ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... and in the treatment of drapery we frequently note the over- elaboration of folds, the want of simplicity, which begin to mark contemporary sculpture. ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"There was much simplicity of life, a simplicity observed by travellers down to the eighteenth century. Private letters and diaries, which frankly relate ..."

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