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VACUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuousness mean?
• VACUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun VACUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
Familiarity information: VACUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings
Hypernyms ("vacuousness" is a kind of...):
stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)
Derivation:
vacuous (devoid of intelligence or thought)
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