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INTERESTINGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interestingness mean? 

INTERESTINGNESS (noun)
  The noun INTERESTINGNESS has 1 sense:

1. the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERESTINGNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

interest; interestingness

Context example:

primary colors can add interest to a room

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

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Attribute:

interesting (arousing or holding the attention)

uninteresting (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement)

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

charisma; personal appeal; personal magnetism (a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others)

news; newsworthiness (the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins)

topicality (the attribute of being of interest at the present time)

color; colour; vividness (interest and variety and intensity)

shrillness (the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses)

Antonym:

uninterestingness (inability to capture or hold one's interest)

Derivation:

interesting (arousing or holding the attention)


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