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ingenuousness

/ɪnˈdʒenjuəsnəs/noun

उच्चारण इन्जेन्युअस्नस

भोलापन, सरलता, निष्कपटता

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noun
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    [U]

    the quality of being honest, innocent and willing to trust people, sometimes too much

    भोलापन, सरलता, निष्कपटता

    • His ingenuousness made him easy to cheat.
    • She answered with a charming ingenuousness.

    Synonyms innocence naivety artlessness guilelessness candour

    Opposite cunning guile disingenuousness

◇Word family
ingenuous adjectiveingenuously adverb
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

innocence naivety artlessness guilelessness candour

Antonyms

cunning guile disingenuousness

?Which word?

Do not confuse ingenuous (innocent and honest) and ingenious (clever and original).

Ingenuous (भोला, निष्कपट) और ingenious (चतुर, आविष्कारशील) में भ्रम न करें।