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nicety.noun
inflected form(s).plural.niceties
the quality or state of being nice; an elegant, delicate, or civilized feature (enjoy the niceties of life); a fine point or distinction; subtlety (the niceties of table manners); careful attention to details; meticulous; delicate exactness; precision; delicacy of taste or feeling; fastidiousness

naive.adjective
inflected form(s)-naiver, naivest
marked by unaffected simplicity; natural honesty; lacking in poise, glamor and grace; natural; ingenuous; deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; credulous; self taught; primitive
naiveness.noun
naively.adverb
naivety.noun
artlessness or credulity; naiveté
naiveté.noun
the state or quality of being artless, credulous, or uncritical; an artless, credulous, or uncritical statement or act

neglect, neglected, neglecting, neglects.transitive verbs
to pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard.(neglected warnings); to fail to care for or attend to properly (neglects her appearance); to fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight (neglected to return the call)
neglect.noun
the act or an instance of neglecting something; the state of being neglected
neglecter.noun

negligent.adjective
an insignificant or imperceptible amount; marked by or given to neglect especially habitually or culpably; not taking prudent care; marked by a carelessly easy manner or informality; careless ease; casual; negligent implies inattention to one's duty or business (negligent about writing a note of thanks); habitual neglect
negligently.adverb
synonyms.remiss, neglectful, lax, slack
remiss means culpably careless or indicative of such carelessness. remiss implies blameworthy carelessness shown in slackness, forgetfulness, or neglect (had been remiss in her familial duties) 
neglectful adds a more disapproving implication of laziness or deliberate inattention (a society callously neglectful of the poor)
lax implies a blameworthy lack of strictness, severity, or precision (a reporter lax about accurate quotation) 
slack implies want of due or necessary diligence or care (slack workmanship and slipshod construction) 

nitwit.noun
a scatterbrained or stupid person; a dullard; a dimwit

neurotic.adjective
a person having a neurosis, which is, excessive or abnormal anxieties disorganizing the personality prior to its more serious and psychotic (very severe disorganization of the personality) form, the beginning of which can, one way, be observed by lack of compassion toward one in need, and can be characterized by over concern for the self as evidenced by excessive and chronic mental anxiety, compulsions, obsessions, phobias (fears), etc. See psychoanalysis

neurosis.noun,.plural.neuroses
any of various mental or emotional disorders, such as hypochondria (a disease arising from the belief that one is unwell and therefor must be sick) arising from no apparent organic lesion (wound or injury) or change and involving symptoms such as insecurity, anxiety, depression, and irrational fears - all negative thinking

nevertheless.adverb
in spite of that; afterall; in spite of everything to the contrary; everything else having been considered; ultimately; however; howbeit

nonetheless.adverb
nevertheless

nullify, nullified, nullifying, nullifies.transitive verbs
make void; to bring to nothing by depriving of effectiveness; invalidate; bring to nothing; neutralize
nullification, nullifier.nouns
null.adjective
not binding; of no value or effect 

nurture.noun
anything that nourishes; the act or process of raising or promoting the development of; instruction towards upbringing

notwithstanding.preposition
not stopped by; regardless of; in spite of (they traveled on notwithstanding the storm; she remarried notwithstanding the death of her husband); despite
adverb-nevertheless-(they will do it notwithstanding)

Nietzsche, Friedrich, Wilhelm.(1844-1900), German philosopher, poet, and classical philologist, who became one of the most provocative and influential thinkers of the 19th century.

His father, a Lutheran minister, died when Nietzsche was five. One of Nietzsche's fundamental contentions was that traditional values (represented primarily by Christianity) had lost their power in the lives of individuals. He expressed this in his proclamation "God is dead." He was convinced that traditional values represented a "slave morality," a morality created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because the behavior served their interests..comprised from Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

nth.adjective
extreme, utmost

nethermost.adjective
lowest; farthest down

non sequitur.noun
it does not follow; a conclusion or inference which does not follow from the premises or evidence upon which it is based

notion.noun
an idea; a mental image

nomad.noun
a member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water and grazing land; a person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer
nomadic.adjective
nomadically.adverb

native.adjective
existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate.(native ability) being such by birth or origin (a native Scot, a native Canadian); being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth (our native land); originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous.(a plant native to Asia); of, belonging to, or characteristic of the original inhabitants of a particular place; occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances (native copper); natural; unaffected (native beauty); closely related, as by birth or race
native.noun
one born in or connected with a place by birth (a native of Scotland now living in Canada); one of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place
natively.adverb
nativeness.noun

negative.adjective
unable to generate energy for good things for self or others; expressing, containing, or consisting of a negation, refusal, or denial (gave a negative answer to our request for funding); indicating opposition or resistance (a negative reaction to the new advertising campaign); having no positive features (negative ideas; a negative outlook on life); marked by or exhibiting features, such as hostility, that cannot be deemed positive or constructive (conducted a negative campaign against his opponent)
negative.noun
a statement or an act indicating or expressing a contradiction, denial, or refusal; a statement or an act that is highly critical of another or of others (campaign advertising that was based solely on negatives); something that lacks all positive, affirmative, or encouraging features; an element that is the counterpoint of the positive; a feature or characteristic that is not deemed positive, affirmative, or desirable; the side in a debate that contradicts or opposes the question being debated; an image in which the light areas of the object rendered appear dark and the dark areas appear light; a film, plate, or other photographic material containing such an image
negative, negatived, negativing, negatives.transitive verbs
to refuse to approve; veto; to deny; contradict; to demonstrate to be false; disprove; to counteract or neutralize
negatively.adverb
negativeness.or.negativity.noun

nobility.noun,.plural.nobilities
a class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes (a nobleman with the highest hereditary rank) and duchesses, marquises (ranking below a duke and above an earl or a count) and marchionesses, earls (ranks above a viscount and below a marquis) and countesses, viscounts (ranking below an earl or a count and above a baron) and viscountesses, and barons (a British nobleman of the lowest rank) and baronesses

noble, nobler, noblest.adjectives
having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor (a noble spirit); proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity grand and stately in appearance; majestic
noble.noun
a member of the nobility
nobleness.noun
nobly.adverb

nefarious.adjective
infamous by way of being extremely wicked
nefariously.adverb
nefariousness.noun

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