MINDLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mindlessness mean? 

• MINDLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun MINDLESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. total lack of meaning or ideas

2. the trait of acting rashly and without prudence

  Familiarity information: MINDLESSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINDLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Total lack of meaning or ideas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inanity; mindlessness; pointlessness; senselessness; vacuity

Hypernyms ("mindlessness" is a kind of...):

meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)

Derivation:

mindless (requiring little mental effort)

mindless (lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being)

mindless (not marked by the use of reason)

mindless (devoid of intelligence or thought)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of acting rashly and without prudence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heedlessness; mindlessness; rashness

Hypernyms ("mindlessness" is a kind of...):

imprudence (a lack of caution in practical affairs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mindlessness"):

lightheadedness (a frivolous lack of prudence)

Derivation:

mindless (not marked by the use of reason)

mindless (devoid of intelligence or thought)