Guilelessness

//ˈɡaɪl.lɪs.nɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being guileless; honesty. uncountable

    "They'd say he was operating behind a screen of guilelessness and was a superhypocrite."

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candordirectnesshonestyinnocencenaiveteopenness

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"They'd say he was operating behind a screen of guilelessness and was a superhypocrite."

Etymology

From guileless + -ness.

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