ingenuousness

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English

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Etymology

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From ingenuous +‎ -ness.

Noun

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ingenuousness (countable and uncountable, plural ingenuousnesses)

  1. The condition of being ingenuous.
  2. (countable) An ingenuous behavior.
    • 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles:
      Time passed; Moira grew up, chronologically; but Sir Watney went on treating her as a spoilt child, went on being enchanted by her birdy chirrupings and ingenuousnesses and impertinent enfant-terrible-isms.

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