plainspokenness

noun

as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions a movie reviewer known for his plainspokenness when assessing the latest offerings from Tinseltown

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  1. honesty
  2. sincerity
  3. outspokenness
  4. frankness
Noun
  • A little warmth will keep honesty from sounding like criticism.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That honesty, counterintuitively, builds more trust than advocacy.
    — Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of honesty
Noun
  • The 25-year-old California singer-songwriter staked out his turf by taking pride in the ordinariness of his hit, from the mild-mannered vocals to the drama-free sincerity of his romantic imagery.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Most scenes were filmed with four or five takes as the actors experimented with different tones, feelings, and levels of sincerity to give Meriwether options in the editing room.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • Her political outspokenness and fearlessness in challenging the danger women face in flaunting their sexuality, particularly in her native Argentina, is one of her strengths, as is her ability to imagine a new world where that violence doesn’t exist.
    — E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
  • His outspokenness has spurred discourse among country music's Republican-leaning audience.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of outspokenness
Noun
  • Written with grimy, enlivening frankness — and an ability to dig into moral ambiguity — every character scrambles to get a leg up.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • King walked into the room with impersonal frankness and sat on the bed beside me.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of frankness
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“Plainspokenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plainspokenness. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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