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ingenuous definition
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Grep of noun ingenuous ingenuousness Overview of adj ingenuous The adj ingenuous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ingenuous, artless -- (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility") 2. innocent, ingenuous -- (lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it") Antonyms of adj ingenuous 2 senses of ingenuous Sense 1 ingenuous (vs. disingenuous), artless disingenuous (vs. ingenuous), artful => distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted Sense 2 innocent, ingenuous INDIRECT (VIA naive) -> sophisticated Similarity of adj ingenuous 2 senses of ingenuous Sense 1 ingenuous (vs. disingenuous), artless => candid, open => undistorted Also See-> naive#1, naif#1; sincere#1 Sense 2 innocent, ingenuous => naive (vs. sophisticated), naif Attributes of adj ingenuous Familiarity of adj ingenuous ingenuous used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ingenuous disingenuous ingenuous Overview of adj ingenuous The adj ingenuous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ingenuous, artless -- (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility") 2. innocent, ingenuous -- (lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it")
ingenuous definition
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