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HAIRLESSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of not having hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hairlessness" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Antonym:
hairiness (the quality of having hair)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of being void of hair
Synonyms:
depilation; hairlessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hairlessness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hairlessness"):
baldness; phalacrosis (the condition of having no hair on the top of the head)
Derivation:
hairless (having no hair or fur)