unsophisticationn.
/ˌʌnsəˌfɪstᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌənsəˌfɪstəˈkeɪʃən/ (un- prefix1 6.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun]
simpletyc1225
nativeness1568
naturalness1656
inaffectation1658
unaffectedness1752
unsophistication1825
unsophisticatedness1858
wildness1887
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 13 Affecting delight..at their unsophistication and curiosity.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 64 The unsophistication which exposes the less wary classes..to be quacked to death by plausible doctors.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. 99 A proposal due rather to his unsophistication than to his prudence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1825- bordures
- borduring
- bore
- bore a person blue
- bore a person rigid
- bore a person silly
- bore a person stupid
- bore a person to tears
- bore a person's nose
- bore any one's ears
- bore down
- bore ears
- bore etc stiff
- bore for coal, for water
- bore one's way
- bore out
- bore scare stiff
- bore stiff
- bore the pants off
- bore the pants off a person
- bore the tits off
- bore the tits off someone
- bore to tears
- bore up
- bore well