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hollowness

 
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n.

1. State of being hollow. Bacon.

2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

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noun

  1. Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance: barrenness, blankness, emptiness, inanity, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness. See full/empty/capacity.
  2. A desolate sense of loss: blankness, desolation, emptiness, vacuum, void. See full/empty/capacity.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
  Antonym: solidity (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: the property of having a sunken area

 
 
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