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unaffectedness

noun

Definition of unaffectednessnext
as in sincerity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffectedness
  1. sincerity
  2. frankness
  3. genuineness
  4. straightforwardness
  5. openness
  6. artlessness
  7. guilelessness
  8. greenness
Noun
  • Cox’s script, meanwhile, trades increasingly in one-size-fits-all therapy speak, and despite Qualley’s natural sincerity as a performer, Maya seems steadily less specific a personality as the years pass.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Like Warhol, Rouy makes work balancing on the razor’s edge between sincerity and cynicism.
    — David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • And the frankness underlying their oddly dorky connection also paints any potential relationship between them as tragic from the jump.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of frankness
Noun
  • His obituary remembered his infectious laughter and gentle spirit, noting his kindness, genuineness, and reliability.
    — Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The genuineness of your laugh or smile.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of genuineness
Noun
  • But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026
  • On Monday morning, Starmer, whose resignation has appeared inevitable for some time, delivered the news with his customary straightforwardness.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of straightforwardness
Noun
  • Al Marri suggested in her announcement that the new festival will not be in exactly the same vein as the original, which was known for its glitzy red carpets, industry events, and openness to films pushing the social and political envelope.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Rubin is probably close enough to Carter to yield an interview with some openness, but too close to Carter to yield an interview that’s definitive — a limitation matched by or echoed in the limitations of the sparse visuals.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of openness
Noun
  • But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of artlessness
Noun
  • Ronson uses Chism’s guilelessness to show how unexpected and profound the pitfalls can be for anyone looking to find a foothold in the new world.
    — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Counterbalancing him is a young actor cast to play one of the show’s decoys (an excellent Skylar Gisondo), whose guilelessness only magnifies the film’s sense of Hansen as a man constructed entirely out of TV-friendly sheen.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of guilelessness
Noun
  • Stoughton’s website, meanwhile, does more than advertise the company’s current greenness.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • One by one the great trees are killed, the suburban greenness collapsing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of greenness
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“Unaffectedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffectedness. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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