STRIKINGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strikingness mean? 

• STRIKINGNESS (noun)
  The noun STRIKINGNESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being salient

2. the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

  Familiarity information: STRIKINGNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIKINGNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being salient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

salience; saliency; strikingness

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

prominence (the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent)

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

conspicuousness (the state of being conspicuous)

profile; visibility (degree of exposure to public notice)

Derivation:

striking (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

boldness; strikingness

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

conspicuousness (high visibility)

Derivation:

striking (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect)