-
comes from the
feminine form of the
French adjective ingénu
meaning "
ingenuous" or innocent,
virtuous and candid. The term may also
imply a lack of sophistication...
-
imagination without restraint in
avoidance of
experiencing the
sense of
being ingenuous. The
process itself is about: How do you
augment your
imagination in a...
-
found the film to be "thinly plotted" but
considered "the
uncomplicated ingenuousness of Padukone" to be the film's highlight. Her most
financially profitable...
- slip into the easy
vulgarizations of the "devil-view" of
history which ingenuously ****umes that all
human misfortunes can be
traced to the machinations...
- her co-star in such a
manner that we're as
uncertain as Nina of her
ingenuousness." Kunis's
performance won her the
Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best...
- office, but
Stephen Holden for The New York
Times considered Barrymore "as
ingenuous as ever" in what he
described as a "small role."
Barrymore starred with...
- rose in the
winter nights, and hung over Boston,
drawing the eyes of
ingenuous young people to look up to that
great new star, a
beauty and a mystery...
- Jews: I have
never seen
either a drop of
piety or a
grain of
truth or
ingenuousness—nay, I have
never found common sense in any Jew." In this respect, he...
- from
South Africa,
three from
northeastern India, and so on ...are so
ingenuous, well-attested, and
credible that only a
brute would refuse to believe...
- parables, but
would willingly bring you to the right, simple, easy, and
ingenuous exposition, understanding, declaration, and
knowledge of all secrets."...
