Antonyms for ingenuousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-jen-yoo-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əs |
- artifice
- badness
- blame
- captivity
- care
- communism
- complexity
- complication
- confinement
- coordination
- correction
- corruption
- deceit
- deception
- difficultness
- difficulty
- discreetness
- discretion
- dishonesty
- evil
- experience
- falsehood
- government
- grace
- guile
- guilt
- humility
- imprisonment
- impurity
- incarceration
- judgment
- knowledge
- limitation
- lying
- reserve
- restraint
- restriction
- right
- seriousness
- servitude
- sin
- slavery
- sophistication
- subjection
- subordination
- suppression
- thoughtfulness
- treacherousness
- unfairness
- wildness
- wisdom
Definition of ingenuousness
Origin :- 1590s, "noble in nature," from Latin ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank, upright, candid," originally "native, freeborn," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + gen-, root of gignere "beget, produce" (see genus). Sense of "artless, innocent" is 1670s, via evolution from "high-minded" to "honorably open, straightforward," to "innocently frank." Related: Ingenuously; ingenuousness.
- As in indiscretion : noun mistake
- As in innocence : noun harmlessness, naiveté
- As in naiveté : noun innocence, gullibility
- As in simplicity : noun absence of complication,
- As in artlessness : noun simplicity
- As in frankness : noun openness
- As in naïveté : noun innocence
- As in candor : noun complete honesty
- As in inexpertness : noun inexperience
- As in freedom : noun easy attitude
- There is an ingenuousness, an honourable frankness about him, that I love.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Mr Sparkler might have replied with ingenuousness, 'My life, I have nothing to say.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- His presence and air had the appearance of frankness, ingenuousness, and manly confidence.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- They gave these shrewd railroad men no credit for ingenuousness.
- Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
- With the utmost sincerity and ingenuousness he condemned Mr. Edwards.
- Extract from : « The Calico Cat » by Charles Miner Thompson
- He spoke of his marriage with all the ingenuousness and simplicity of a child.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- The ingenuousness, the naïve quality that made dear the art of the Fatherland, has disappeared.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- Such unaffected simplicity and ingenuousness is most refreshing to witness.
- Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
- "Well, maybe a little," admitted Joe, smiling at the lad's ingenuousness.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
- Unhappily, ingenuousness is disappearing, even in the rural districts.
- Extract from : « The Simple Life » by Charles Wagner
Synonyms for ingenuousness
- abandon
- artlessness
- boldness
- brazenness
- bumble
- callowness
- candidness
- candor
- chastity
- childishness
- clarity
- classicality
- clean lines
- clearness
- credulity
- credulousness
- crudeness
- directness
- disrespect
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- ease
- easiness
- elementariness
- error
- excitability
- facility
- fairness
- familiarity
- faux pas
- folly
- fool mistake
- foolishness
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- foul-up
- frankness
- freshness
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- glasnost
- goof
- greenness
- guilelessness
- gullibility
- hastiness
- homogeneity
- honesty
- ignorance
- impartiality
- impertinence
- imprudence
- indiscreetness
- inexperience
- informality
- ingenuousness
- innocence
- innocuousness
- innoxiousness
- inoffensiveness
- integrity
- lack
- lack of adornment
- lack of reserve
- lack of restraint
- lapse
- laxity
- license
- miscue
- misjudgment
- misspeak
- modesty
- monotony
- naiveté
- naturalness
- nescience
- obviousness
- openness
- outspokenness
- overfamiliarity
- plainness
- presumption
- primitiveness
- probity
- purity
- rashness
- rawness
- readiness
- recklessness
- restraint
- screw-up
- severity
- simple-mindedness
- simplicity
- sincerity
- singleness
- slip
- slip of the tongue
- slip-up
- sophistication artlessness
- spontaneity
- straightforwardness
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- thoughtlessness
- truthfulness
- unaffectedness
- unawareness
- unconstraint
- unequivocalness
- unfamiliarity
- uniformity
- unity
- unknowingness
- unseemliness
- unsophistication
- unworldliness
- uprightness
- veracity
- virtue
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