simplicity

noun

Etymology: From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicitās, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.

1. The state or quality of being simple

   “the simplicity of metals or of earths”

2. The state or quality of being simple

   “the simplicity of a machine”

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

3. The state or quality of being simple
4. The state or quality of being simple

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

   “simplicity of diet”

5. The state or quality of being simple

   “the simplicity of a doctrine”

   “the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration”

6. The state or quality of being simple

   “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.”

7. An act or instance of foolishness.

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