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IGNOBLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ignobleness mean?
• IGNOBLENESS (noun)
The noun IGNOBLENESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being ignoble
Familiarity information: IGNOBLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being ignoble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ignobility; ignobleness
Hypernyms ("ignobleness" is a kind of...):
dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)
Derivation:
ignoble (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose)
ignoble (not of the nobility)
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