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IGNOBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ignobleness mean? 

IGNOBLENESS (noun)
  The noun IGNOBLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being ignobleplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


IGNOBLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being ignoble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ignobility; ignobleness

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

dishonorableness; dishonourableness (the quality of not deserving honor or respect)

Derivation:

ignoble (completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose)

ignoble (not of the nobility)


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