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noun, plural -ties.
1.
the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
2.
freedom from complexity, intricacy, or division into parts: an organism of great simplicity.
3.
absence of luxury, pretentiousness, ornament, etc.; plainness: a life of simplicity.
4.
freedom from deceit or guile; sincerity; artlessness; naturalness: a simplicity of manner.
5.
lack of mental acuteness or shrewdness: Politics is not a field for simplicity about human nature.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English simplicite (< Old French simplicité) < Latin simplicitās simpleness, equivalent to simplici- (stem of simplex) simplex + -tās -ty2
1325–75; Middle English simplicite (< Old French simplicité) < Latin simplicitās simpleness, equivalent to simplici- (stem of simplex) simplex + -tās -ty2
Related forms
non·sim·plic·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.
o·ver·sim·plic·i·ty, noun
su·per·sim·plic·i·ty, noun
Synonyms
4. candor, directness, honesty.
4. candor, directness, honesty.
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Word Origin & History
simplicity
late 14c., from O.Fr. simplicite (Fr. simplicité), from L. simplicitatem (nom. simplicitas) "state of being simple," from simplex (gen. simplicis) "simple" (see simplex). Sense of "ignorance" is from 1510s, that of "plainness" is from 1520s.
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