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ingenuousness
(encz) | ingenuousness,bezelstnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ingenuousness
(gcide) | Ingenuousness \In*gen"u*ous*ness\, n.
1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of
heart; frankness.
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2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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ingenuousness
(wn) | ingenuousness
n 1: the quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness,
innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness]
2: openly straightforward or frank [ant: disingenuousness] |
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disingenuousness
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Disingenuousness
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
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2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
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So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
--Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. --T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. --Macaulay.
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Ingenuousness
(gcide) | Ingenuousness \In*gen"u*ous*ness\, n.
1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of
heart; frankness.
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2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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disingenuousness
(wn) | disingenuousness
n 1: the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant:
ingenuousness] |
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