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Naturalness

The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

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Ease 76% connected

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

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Informality 76% connected

The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

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Innocency 76% connected

Innocence.

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Naturalization 76% connected

The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being natura…

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Simplicity 76% connected

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

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Sincerity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

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Spontaneity 76% connected

The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force.

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Likeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

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Naivete 76% connected

Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.

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Naivety 76% connected

Naivete.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Similitude 76% connected

The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.

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Natural 74% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 74% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 66% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 66% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Unnatural 66% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Unnatural 66% connected

Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

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Artlessness 92% connected

The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

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Ingenuousness 92% connected

The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

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Innocence 92% connected

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

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