noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being natural. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the likeness of a representation to the thing represented wordnet
3. 3
   Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the quality of being natural or based on natural principles wordnet
5. 5
   the quality of innocent naivete wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

artlessnessabandonabsolute realismaffabilityappropriatenessartlessness

Antonyms

All antonyms

artificialityunnaturalness

Example

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"The secret of her beauty is her naturalness."

Etymology

From Middle English naturalnes, naturalnez, equivalent to natural + -ness.

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