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UNAFFECTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unaffectedness mean?
• UNAFFECTEDNESS (noun)
The noun UNAFFECTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained
Familiarity information: UNAFFECTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unaffectedness" is a kind of...):
naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)
Antonym:
affectedness (the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others))
Derivation:
unaffected (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine)
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