in·gen·u·ous

(ĭn-jĕn′yo͞o-əs)

adj.

1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive: I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says. See Synonyms at naive.

2. Straightforward or frank; candid: "I must be so ingenuous as to own that the accounts are not so certain as to the exact time and place of his birth" (Memoir of Martinus Scriblerus).

[Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

in·gen′u·ous·ly adv.

in·gen′u·ous·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	ingenuousness - the quality of innocent naivete artlessness, innocence, naturalness naiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness innocency - an innocent quality or thing or act; "the innocencies of childhood"
	2.	ingenuousness - openly straightforward or frank candidness, candour, forthrightness, frankness, directness, candor - the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech artlessness - ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit disingenuousness - the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor

Translations

ingénuité

ingenuità

ingenuousness

[ɪnˈdʒenjʊəsnɪs] N (= naivety) → ingenuidad f; (= candidness) → candidez f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ingenuousness

(= candour) → Offenheit f, → Aufrichtigkeit f, → Unbefangenheit f

(= naïveté) → Naivität f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ingenuousness

[ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəsnɪs] n → ingenuità