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noun
The state or quality of being natural.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the likeness of a representation to the thing represented
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: likeness, alikeness, similitude
noun
the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unnaturalness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: unaffectedness, simplicity, simmpleness, sincerity, unassumingness, spontaneity, spontaneousness, ease, informality, unpretentiousness, naturalization, naturalisation
noun
the quality of innocent naivete
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: naivete, naivety, naiveness
Narrower terms: innocency
History
From Middle English naturalnes, naturalnez, equivalent to natural + -ness.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
