Candidness and Evasiveness

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Candidness noun - The free expression of one's true feelings and opinions.

Usage example: candidness is something that we claim to admire—except when we are on the receiving end of a brutally honest assessment

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Evasiveness is an antonym for candidness.

Evasiveness noun - Intentionally vague or ambiguous.

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Candidness is an antonym for evasiveness.

Nearby Words: evasion, evasive, evasively

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Evasiveness and Candidness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/candidness/evasiveness

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