UNPRETENTIOUSNESS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

unpretentiousness

noun

Definition of unpretentiousness

as in sincerity

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Noun

Their sincerity and humor come from the cast’s commitment to the mundane, said Ron Oliver, writer and director of many Hallmark films.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
For Chowdhury, the sincerity of that belief is almost beside the point.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sincerity

Noun

The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Horgan, whose Catastrophe charted the ups and downs of a relationship with painful, hilarious honesty, applies the same frankness to the minor indignities of midlife.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of frankness

Noun

Their impressiveness came from their straightforwardness, their precision and generosity of flavor, without needless curlicues or misguided deconstruction.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
What is genuinely remarkable, though, is that this meteoric machine drives with the straightforwardness of a Toyota Camry.

— Sean Evans, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of straightforwardness

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Reciprocal leadership requires openness in both directions while recognizing the responsibility that comes with the role.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
That’s a 20% increase on the year prior, with the church also saying 42% of the adults seeking baptism are aged 18-25, a reflection of a trend showing Gen Z’s openness to religious faith.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of openness

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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

Across hours of interviews, Kirk spoke with remarkable candor about the most intimate details of her husband’s death.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
This effort succeeded, Glass said, despite the exhibit’s candor about the darker elements of the nation’s military history.

— Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of candor

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