simple-heartedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From simple-hearted + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being simple-hearted; guilelessness, sincerity, lack of sophistication.
... my slight intercourse with him added to the respect which I feel to those of his class, in whom generous feeling, sound practical sense, and shrewd judgment, are often found united with unassuming manners and simple-heartedness.
1998, John Francis McDermott, Before Mark Twain: A Sampler of Old, Old Times on the Mississippi, →ISBN, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| simpleheartedness | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
uk простоду́шність (State or quality of being simple-hearted) · pl prostoduszność (State or quality of being simple-hearted) · be прастаду́шнасць (State or quality of being simple-hearted) · ru простоду́шность (State or quality of being simple-hearted) · ru простоду́шие (State or quality of being simple-hearted)