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CANDIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does candidness mean?
• CANDIDNESS (noun)
The noun CANDIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Familiarity information: CANDIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness
Hypernyms ("candidness" is a kind of...):
honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candidness"):
ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)
Derivation:
candid (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)
candid (openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness)
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