MOTIONLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does motionlessness mean? 

• MOTIONLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun MOTIONLESSNESS has 1 sense:

1. a state of no motion or movement

  Familiarity information: MOTIONLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOTIONLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of no motion or movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness

Context example:

the utter motionlessness of a marble statue

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

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

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

fixedness; immobility; stationariness (remaining in place)

Antonym:

motion (a state of change)

Derivation:

motionless (not in physical motion)