Meaning of ARTLESSNESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârtlisnes
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- [n] ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
- [n] the quality of innocent naivete
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| | Synonyms: | | innocence, naturalness |
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| | Antonyms: | | artfulness | | |
| | See Also: | | ingenuousness, naiveness, naivete, naivety | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Art"less*ness\, n.
The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile;
simplicity; sincerity.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute realism, authenticity, bluffness, bluntness, bona fideness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness, honesty, inartificiality, ingenuousness, intactness, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism, literality, literalness, natural man, natural state, naturalism, naturalness, nature, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, photographic realism, plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness, plainspokenness, pristineness, realism, realness, roundness, sincerity, state of nature, straightforwardness, true-to-lifeness, truth to nature, unadulteration, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unfictitiousness, unreserve, unrestraint, unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsyntheticness, verisimilitude, virginity |
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