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DECORATIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decorativeness mean?
• DECORATIVENESS (noun)
The noun DECORATIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive
Familiarity information: DECORATIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("decorativeness" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decorativeness"):
coating; finish; finishing (a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance))
Derivation:
decorative (serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose)
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