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1. The quality of being simple or uncompounded
   "the simplicity of a crystal"
   - simpleness
    
2. A lack of penetration or subtlety
   "they took advantage of her simplicity"
   - simpleness, simple mindedness
    
3. Absence of affectation or pretence
   - simpleness
    
4. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
   "he rose through the ranks with apparent simplicity"
   - ease, easiness, simpleness
    
5. Lack of ornamentation
   "the room was simply decorated with great simplicity"
   - chasteness, restraint, simpleness

Derived forms: simplicities

See also: easy, simple, simple-minded

Type of: naiveness, naiveté, naïveté, naivety, naturalness, plainness, quality

Antonym: complexity

Encyclopedia: Simplicity