Antonyms for ingenuousnessin·gen·u·ous·ness

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1. ingenuousness

   Truth is primarily and verity is always a quality of thought or speech, especially of speech, as in exact conformity to fact. Veracity is properly a quality of a person, the habit of speaking and the disposition to speak the truth; a habitual liar may on some occasions speak the truth, but that does not constitute him a man of veracity; on the other hand, a person of undoubted veracity may state (through ignorance or misinformation) what is not the truth. Truthfulness is a quality that may inhere either in a person or in his statements or beliefs. Candor, frankness, honesty, and ingenuousness are allied with veracity, and verity with truth, while truthfulness may accord with either. Truth in a secondary sense may be applied to intellectual action or moral character, in the former case becoming a close synonym of veracity; as, I know him to be a man of truth.

   Compare synonyms for DECEPTION.

   Antonyms:
   deceit, deception, delusion, duplicity, error, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fiction, guile, imposture, lie, mendacity, untruth

   Synonyms:
   candor, frankness, honesty, reality, truth, truthfulness, veracity, verity

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1. • Candor

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1. artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalnessnoun

   the quality of innocent naivete

   Antonyms:
   disingenuousness

   Synonyms:
   naturalness, purity, whiteness, artlessness, sinlessness, innocence, pureness

2. ingenuousnessnoun

   openly straightforward or frank

   Antonyms:
   disingenuousness

   Synonyms:
   artlessness, innocence, naturalness

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