straightforwardness

Definitions of straightforwardness
  1. noun
    the quality of being direct and straightforward
    “what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness”
    synonyms: downrightness
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    type of:
    directness, straightness
    trueness of course toward a goal
  2. noun
    without hypocrisy
    synonyms: singleness
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    type of:
    sincerity
    the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
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