Meaning of Simplicity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being simple
   countable, uncountable
2. The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded
   countable, uncountable
3. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts.
   countable, uncountable
4. Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity
   countable, uncountable
5. Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness
   countable, uncountable
6. Lack of subtlety or abstruseness; clarity
   countable, uncountable
7. Lack of complication; efficiency.
   countable, uncountable
8. An act or instance of foolishness.
   archaic, countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the simplicity of metals or of earths”

“the simplicity of a machine”

“2. Simplicity, with the least number of working parts, all readily visible and accessible.”

“simplicity of dress, of style, or of language”

“simplicity of diet”

“simplicity of life”

“the simplicity of a doctrine”

“the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration”

“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.”

“speaking of the great simplicity we commit, in leaving yong children under the government and charge of their fathers and parents.”

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