NATURALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naturalness mean? 

• NATURALNESS (noun)
  The noun NATURALNESS has 3 senses:

1. the quality of being natural or based on natural principles

2. the quality of innocent naivete

3. the likeness of a representation to the thing represented

  Familiarity information: NATURALNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being natural or based on natural principles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the spontaneous naturalness of his manner

Hypernyms ("naturalness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

natural (in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature)

unnatural (not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naturalness"):

unaffectedness (not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained)

simmpleness; simplicity (absence of affectation or pretense)

sincerity; unassumingness (a quality of naturalness and simplicity)

spontaneity; spontaneousness (the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint)

ease; informality (freedom from constraint or embarrassment)

unpretentiousness (the quality of being natural and without pretensions)

naturalisation; naturalization (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature)

Antonym:

unnaturalness (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)

Derivation:

natural (free from artificiality)

natural (existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of innocent naivete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

artlessness; ingenuousness; innocence; naturalness

Hypernyms ("naturalness" is a kind of...):

naiveness; naivete; naivety (lack of sophistication or worldliness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naturalness"):

innocency (an innocent quality or thing or act)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The likeness of a representation to the thing represented

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music

Hypernyms ("naturalness" is a kind of...):

alikeness; likeness; similitude (similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things)

Derivation:

natural (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation)