The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
NATURALNESS
naturalness
(noun) the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; “engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music”
naturalness
(noun) the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; “he accepted the naturalness of death”; “the spontaneous naturalness of his manner”
artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness
(noun) the quality of innocent naivete
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
naturalness (countable and uncountable, plural naturalnesses)
The state or quality of being natural.
Of a picture or recording, likeness to the original.
Synonyms
• naturality
Source: Wiktionary
Nat"u*ral*ness, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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