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FRAGILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of physical strength
Synonyms:
delicacy; fragility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fragility" is a kind of...):
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
Synonyms:
breakability; fragility; frangibility; frangibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fragility" is a kind of...):
vulnerability (susceptibility to injury or attack)
Derivation:
fragile (easily broken or damaged or destroyed)
