unaffectedness


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Noun1.unaffectedness - not affectedunaffectedness - not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained
naturalness - the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner"
affectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
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unaffectedness

n (= sincerity)Ungeziertheit f, → Natürlichkeit f, → Unaffektiertheit f; (of joy etc)Aufrichtigkeit f
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He had read so much of the American girl, her unaffectedness, her genius for easy comradeship.
This characteristic continues to delight us today through the elegance and the unaffectedness of his style.
The unaffectedness of pith area though seems resistant to pollution but it is likely that the rise in pith cell area in certain cultivars represent an acclimation response.
Unaffectedness and modesty have been dropped as characteristics of the ceremonies for the coronation of the saint.
They spontaneously came to us to play the parts of the angry and desperate teenagers in the film and played the characters with much unaffectedness. Since then, they have evolved.
Heracles's unaffectedness can be the perfect antidote to Philoctetes's innermost rancor.