Antonyms of noun ingenuousness

1 of 2 senses of ingenuousness

Sense 2
ingenuousness -- (openly straightforward or frank)
       Antonym of disingenuousness (Sense 1)
      => disingenuousness -- (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ingenuousness

2 senses of ingenuousness

Sense 1
artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness -- (the quality of innocent naivete)
       => naivete, naivety, naiveness -- (lack of sophistication or worldliness)

Sense 2
ingenuousness -- (openly straightforward or frank)
       => candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness -- (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)

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