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AUSTERENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does austereness mean?
• AUSTERENESS (noun)
The noun AUSTERENESS has 1 sense:
1. extreme plainness
Familiarity information: AUSTERENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme plainness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
austereness; severeness; severity
Hypernyms ("austereness" is a kind of...):
plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)
Derivation:
austere (of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect)
austere (severely simple)
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