simplicity

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Ostensibly for the sake of clear communication, this simplicity is usually supposed to manifest itself in the choice of plain words.

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  1. noun The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.
  2. noun Absence of luxury or showiness; plainness.
  3. noun Absence of affectation or pretense.
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  • It begins with lovable simplicity, which is broken for a time by an expressive and characteristic passage marked sotto voce. —  Edward MacDowell
  • He has a mixture of fervour and simplicity which is still more delightfully picturesque in his foreign English. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • Ostensibly for the sake of clear communication, this simplicity is usually supposed to manifest itself in the choice of plain words. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3
  • St. Francis was simple, but he had great qualities of mind and heart; and his simplicity was a perfection in him — not a defect. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • In his simplicity was the proof of his abundance. —  The Great Italian and French Composers
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English simplicite, from Old French, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex, simplic-, simple; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French simplicité =Provencal simplicitat =Spanish simplicidad =Portuguese simplicidade =Italian semplicità, from Latin simplicita (t-)s, from simplex (simplic-), simple: see simple.
 

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/sɪmˈplɪsəti/
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