naturalness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the likeness of a representation to the thing represented

   engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of being natural or based on natural principles

   They accepted the naturalness of death.

3. 3
   noun

   the quality of innocent naivete

4. 4
   noun

   The state or quality of being natural.

5. 5
   noun

   Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original.

Etymology

From Middle English naturalnes, naturalnez, equivalent to natural + -ness.