HOLLOWNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hollowness mean? 

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

1. the state of being hollow: having an empty space within

2. the property of having a sunken area

3. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

  Familiarity information: HOLLOWNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLLOWNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being hollow: having an empty space within

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

emptiness (the state of containing nothing)

Antonym:

solidity (state of having the interior filled with matter)

Derivation:

hollow (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of having a sunken area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

concaveness; concavity (the property possessed by a concave shape)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

falseness; hollowness; insincerity

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

untruthfulness (the quality of being untruthful)

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

hypocrisy (insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have)

Derivation:

hollow (devoid of significance or force)