simplicity

UK: /sɪmˈplɪsəti/ US: /sɪmˈplɪsɪti/ ,(sim plis′i tē)

Inflections of 'simplicity' (n): npl: simplicities

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sim•plic•i•ty /sɪmˈplɪsɪti/   n., pl. -ties. 

1. [uncountable] the state or quality of being simple.
2. [countable] an instance or example of this.
3. [uncountable] the absence of luxury or ornament;
   plainness.

See -plic-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sim•plic•i•ty  (sim plis′i tē), n., pl. -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.

• Latin simplicitās simpleness, equivalent. to simplici- (stem of simplex) simplex + -tās -ty²
• Old French simplicité)
• Middle English simplicite (1325–75

Synonyms

• 4. candor, directness, honesty.

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simplicity / sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ/ noun

1. the quality or condition of being simple