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CEREMONIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ceremoniousness" is a kind of...):
formality; formalness (a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies)
Antonym:
unceremoniousness (an unceremonial manner)
Derivation:
ceremonious (rigidly formal or bound by convention)