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DEADNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inanimate property of something that has died
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deadness" is a kind of...):
inanimateness; lifelessness (not having life)
Derivation:
dead (physically inactive)
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
dead (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat)
dead (drained of electric charge; discharged)
dead (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown)
dead (not surviving in active use)
dead (not circulating or flowing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
Example:
he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deadness" is a kind of...):
inelasticity (the lack of elasticity)
Derivation:
dead (lacking resilience or bounce)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
Example:
in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
Synonyms:
deadness; unresponsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deadness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deadness"):
frigidity; frigidness (sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse)
resistance (the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria))
Derivation:
dead (devoid of physical sensation; numb)
dead ((followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive)
