meaningnessn.
/ˈmiːnɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈminɪŋnᵻs/ The attribute of having a meaning; significance, expressiveness.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [noun]
significancy1577
significance1585
expressiveness1655
meaningness1753
pregnancy1839
ideality1845
meaningfulness1904
expressivity1944
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 311 She..looked..so silly! and so full of unmeaning meaningness.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 135 Their [sc. French ladies'] beauty..consists rather in expression than in feature; but what with meaningness of look [etc.].
1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 678/2 I was more than usually sensitive to the meaningness of their words.
1919 Mind 28 318 The meaningness of the psychological idea, i.e., its property of having a meaning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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