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HOLLOWNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hollowness mean?
• HOLLOWNESS (noun)
The noun HOLLOWNESS has 3 senses:
1. the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
2. the property of having a sunken area
3. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Familiarity information: HOLLOWNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being hollow: having an empty space within
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hollowness" is a kind of...):
emptiness (the state of containing nothing)
Antonym:
solidity (state of having the interior filled with matter)
Derivation:
hollow (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of having a sunken area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hollowness" is a kind of...):
concaveness; concavity (the property possessed by a concave shape)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
falseness; hollowness; insincerity
Hypernyms ("hollowness" is a kind of...):
untruthfulness (the quality of being untruthful)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hollowness"):
hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)
Derivation:
hollow (devoid of significance or force)
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