VACUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuity mean? 

• VACUITY (noun)
  The noun VACUITY has 3 senses:

1. the absence of matter

2. a region that is devoid of matter

3. total lack of meaning or ideas

  Familiarity information: VACUITY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The absence of matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

vacuity; vacuum

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

emptiness (the state of containing nothing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A region that is devoid of matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

vacuity; vacuum

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

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Total lack of meaning or ideas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inanity; mindlessness; pointlessness; senselessness; vacuity

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

meaninglessness (the quality of having no value or significance)

Derivation:

vacuous (devoid of significance or force)

vacuous (devoid of intelligence or thought)