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simplicity
noun
1 simplicity
The quality of being simple or uncompounded:
— The simplicity of a crystal.
synonym: simpleness.
Roget 576:
plainness
etc.
adj.;
simplicity,
severity;
plain terms,
plain English;
Saxon English;
household words
Roget 849:
simplicity;
plainness,
homeliness;
undress,
chastity.
Roget 703:
artlessness
etc.
adj.;
nature,
simplicity;
innocence
etc.
946;
bonhomie,
naivete,
abandon,
candor,
sincerity;
singleness of purpose,
singleness of heart;
honesty
etc.
939;
plain speaking;
epanchement [Fr.].
rough diamond,
matter of fact man;
le palais de verite [Fr.];
enfant terrible [Fr.].
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Roget 499:
want of intelligence
etc.
498,
want of intellect
etc.
450;
shadowness†,
silliness,
foolishness
etc.
adj.;
imbecility,
incapacity,
vacancy of mind,
poverty of intellect,
weakness of intellect,
clouded perception,
poor head,
apartments to let;
stupidity,
stolidity;
hebetude†,
dull understanding,
meanest capacity,
shortsightedness;
incompetence
etc.
(unskillfulness)
699.
one's weak side,
not one's strong point;
bias
etc.
481;
infatuation
etc.
(insanity)
503.
simplicity,
puerility,
babyhood;
dotage,
anility†,
second childishness,
fatuity;
idiocy,
idiotism†;
driveling.
folly,
frivolity,
irrationality,
trifling,
ineptitude,
nugacity†,
inconsistency,
lip wisdom,
conceit;
sophistry
etc.
477;
giddiness
etc.
(inattention)
458;
eccentricity
etc.
503;
extravagance
etc.
(absurdity)
497;
rashness
etc.
863.
act of folly
etc.
699.
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Roget 491:
ignorance,
nescience,
tabula rasa [Lat.],
crass ignorance,
ignorance crasse [Fr.];
unfamiliarity,
unacquaintance†;
unconsciousness
etc.
adj.;
darkness,
blindness;
incomprehension,
inexperience,
simplicity.
unknown quantities,
x,
y,
z.
sealed book,
terra incognita,
virgin soil,
unexplored ground;
dark ages.
[Imperfect knowledge]
smattering,
sciolism†,
glimmering,
dilettantism;
bewilderment
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
incapacity.
[Affectation of knowledge]
pedantry;
charlatanry,
charlatism†;
Philister†,
Philistine.
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Dutch: eenvoud, eenvoudigheid, simpliciteit
2 simplicity
3 simplicity
Absence of affectation or pretense.
synonym: simmpleness.
4 simplicity
Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
synonyms: ease, easiness, simpleness.
Roget 705:
facility,
ease;
easiness
etc.
adj.;
capability;
feasibility
etc.
(practicability)
470;
flexibility,
pliancy
etc.
324;
smoothness
etc.
255.
plain sailing,
smooth sailing,
straight sailing;
mere child's play,
holiday task;
cinch [U.S.].
smooth water,
fair wind;
smooth royal road;
clear coast,
clear stage;
tabula rasa [Lat.];
full play
etc.
(freedom)
748.
disencumbrance†,
disentanglement;
deoppilation†;
permission
etc.
760.
simplicity,
lack of complication.
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Polish: elementarność, łatwość, prostota
5 simplicity
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