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PERVIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
Synonyms:
penetrability; perviousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("perviousness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
imperviousness (the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.))
Derivation:
pervious (admitting of passage or entrance)
