simplemindedness
- a word derived from simpleminded.
Example Sentences
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Here he is displaying all these qualities in a concentrated burst of glib, cocksure simplemindedness during a July 19, 2022, appearance on C-SPAN:
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
That movie sanctifies ignorance, whereas Heller’s, equally gentle, explores not simplemindedness so much as simplicity, a rarer gift.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019
The tributes pouring over Summitt this week from those of us in sports media would make believe she became immune to such simplemindedness.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2016
Simplicity is not the same as simplemindedness and can aspire to the sublime.
From Slate ● May 28, 2012
For a company that prides itself on extreme frugality and makes a virtue of simplemindedness, Isozaki's building is happily improbable.
From Time Magazine Archive
