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MOTIONLESSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motionlessness mean?
• MOTIONLESSNESS (noun)
The noun MOTIONLESSNESS has 1 sense:
1. a state of no motion or movement
Familiarity information: MOTIONLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of no motion or movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness
Context example:
the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
Hypernyms ("motionlessness" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "motionlessness"):
fixedness; immobility; stationariness (remaining in place)
Antonym:
motion (a state of change)
Derivation:
motionless (not in physical motion)
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