simplemindedness
- noun
- /ˈsɪmplˌmaɪndədnəs/
- Offensive
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- "There used to be such a country," Gotowe would reply, clearly impatient with what his military sensibility told him was the monk's simplemindedness.
Examples
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Her simplemindedness showed when she trusted a stranger with all her secrets.
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But it is my simplemindedness; in my story, death and art have run in tandem.
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His simplemindedness made him believe everything he heard without question.
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The simplemindedness of the plan left many experts skeptical about its success.
Synonyms
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A lack of experience or good judgment that makes someone easy to trick
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A tendency to believe things too easily without enough proof
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Lack of experience or common sense that makes someone trust others easily
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Believing things too easily and getting tricked
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Being trusting and easily fooled because of little experience
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A way of thinking that is not careful or deep
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A tendency to believe things too easily so people can trick you
A lack of experience and knowledge about how the world works
A lack of experience and knowledge of the wider world that makes a person seem simple
The quality of being too trusting and lacking life experience
Being too ready to believe things without proof
Antonyms
How Simple-Minded
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
simplemindedness = simple-minded (transparent) = simple + mind + ness
Derived by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'simple-minded', straightforwardly indicating the state or quality of having a simple mind.
Etymology
Simplemindedness is made of three parts: simple meaning 'not complicated', mind meaning 'thinking', and the ending -ness meaning 'a state or quality'. So, simplemindedness is the 'state of thinking' in a simple or not deep way, which helps explain why it often means being too trusting.