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BASENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
Synonyms:
baseness; contemptibility; despicability; despicableness; sordidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("baseness" is a kind of...):
unworthiness (the quality or state of lacking merit or value)
Derivation:
base (having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality)
base (not adhering to ethical or moral principles)
