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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; ... show more

Roget 499: want of intelligence etc. 498, want of intellect etc. 450; shadowness, silliness, foolishness etc. adj.; imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, ... show more

Roget 491: ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass ignorance, ignorance crasse [Fr.]; unfamiliarity, unacquaintance; unconsciousness etc. adj.; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, ... show more

Dutch: eenvoud, eenvoudigheid, simpliciteit

2 simplicity

A lack of penetration or subtlety:
— They took advantage of her simplicity.

synonyms: simple mindedness, simpleness.

Polish: prostość

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; ... show more

Polish: elementarność, łatwość, prostota

5 simplicity

Lack of ornamentation.

synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simpleness.

Dutch: eenvoud
Polish: oszczędność, prostota, niewymyślność, prostość


Moby thesaurus: Attic simplicity, Atticism, Bohemianism, abatement, abridgment, affability, agnosticism, agrarianism, alleviation, amentia, appropriateness, arrested development, artlessness, asceticism, attenuation, austereness, austerity, backwardness, baldness, bareness ... show more.

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