Related Words for pure and simple

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literal
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Adjective, Noun
plain
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Noun, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
unadorned
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Adjective
simple
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Adjective
unpretentious
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Adjective
unstained
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Adjective
naked
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Adjective
unadulterated
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Adjective
pure
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Adjective
uncomplicated
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Adjective
rustic
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Adjective
stripped down
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Phrase, Adjective
undiluted
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Noun
unvarnished
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Adjective
absolute
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Adjective
single
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Adjective
clear
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Adjective
unalloyed
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Adjective
pristine
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Noun
bare
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Adjective
unspoiled
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Adjective
unmixed
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Adjective
in the raw
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Phrase, Adjective
virginal
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Adjective
simplex
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Noun
guileless
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Adjective
untainted
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Adjective
crude
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Noun
understated
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Verb
undisguised
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Adjective
innocent
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Adjective
mere
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Adjective
untouched
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Adjective
unfiltered
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Adjective
historic
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Noun
unaffected
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Adjective
artless
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Adjective
spartan
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Name
undefiled
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Adjective
unrefined
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Adjective
unblemished
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Adjective
primeval
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Adjective
skeletal
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Adjective
uncut
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Noun
unmarked
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Adjective
outright
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Adjective
unsophisticated
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Adjective
uncontaminated
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Adjective
easy
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Adjective
humble
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Adjective
uncluttered
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Adjective
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
acuminate
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Verb, Adjective
admixed
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
albeit
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alone
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Adverb, Adjective
alpha
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Noun, Adjective
analogous
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Adjective
angels
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Adjective
arid
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Adjective
aristotelian
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Adjective, Name
arithmetic
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Noun, Adjective
austere
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Adjective
bald
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
banal
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Adjective
basic
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Adjective, Noun
beautiful
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Adjective, Noun
bite
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Noun, Verb
blatant
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Adjective
boob
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Noun, Verb
booby
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
branch
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Noun, Verb
branded
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Adjective
brief
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
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Adverb
buddhist
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Name, Adjective
casual
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Adjective, Noun
catholic
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Name, Adjective
caudate
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Noun, Adjective
changeling
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Noun, Adjective
charity
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Noun
chaste
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Adjective
cheap
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
childish
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Adjective
childlike
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Adjective
christian
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Name, Adjective
cigar
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Noun
cinch
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Noun, Verb
clean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
cocoon
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Noun, Verb
common
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
compassion
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Noun, Verb
complete
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
complex
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
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Adjective
compound
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
comprehensible
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Adjective
con
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Noun, Verb
concise
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Adjective, Verb
condensed
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Adjective
consummate
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Adjective, Verb
convenient
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Adjective
conventional
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Adjective, Noun
cozy
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
crisp
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
cursory
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Adjective
deltoid
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Adjective, Noun
derived
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Adjective
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dirty
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disembodied
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Adjective
diviner
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Noun
dope
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
downright
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Adverb, Adjective
dull
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
dumbbell
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Noun
dummy
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
dunce
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Noun
ease
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Noun, Verb
easily
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Adverb
elegant
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Adjective, Noun
elemental
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Adjective, Noun
elementary
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Adjective, Noun
elliptic
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Adjective, Noun
elongate
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Verb, Adjective
endless
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Adjective
entire
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Adjective, Noun
ethereal
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Adjective, Noun
even
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
everlasting
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exclusive
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Adjective, Noun
facile
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Adjective
few
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Noun
filmmaking
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Noun
fine
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
flat
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fool
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
frat
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Noun
free
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fresh
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
friendly
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
full
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fundamental
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Adjective, Noun
gay
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
generalizable
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Adjective
genuine
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Adjective
gold
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
good
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gospel
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Noun, Verb
grand
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Noun, Adjective
gross
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Adjective, Name, Verb
hammerhead
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Noun
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harmonious
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Adjective
heaven
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Noun, Verb
homely
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Adjective
human
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
idiot
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Noun, Adjective
imbecile
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Noun, Adjective
immaculate
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Adjective
impure
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Adjective, Verb
inane
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Adjective, Noun
individual
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Adjective, Noun
informality
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Noun
inmost
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Noun, Adjective
intact
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Adjective
intense
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Adjective
intuitive
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Adjective, Noun
invert
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
ivory
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Noun, Adjective
joy
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Noun, Verb
just
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kidney
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Noun
lanceolate
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Adjective, Noun
layman
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Noun
lean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
light
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
linear
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Adjective, Noun
little
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
loggerhead
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Noun
lousy
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Adjective
menial
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Adjective, Noun
microsatellite
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Noun
mild
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Adjective, Noun
mind
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Noun, Verb
minor
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
modest
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Adjective
modified
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Adjective, Noun
momentary
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Adjective
mono
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Noun, Adjective
moron
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Noun
mundane
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Adjective, Noun
naive
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Adjective, Noun
native
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Adjective, Noun