NEEDINESS

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Meaning:

The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree

Example:

he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("neediness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Derivation:

needy (demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree)

Meaning:

A state of extreme poverty

Synonyms:

deprivation; neediness; privation; want

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("neediness" is a kind of...):

impoverishment; poorness; poverty (the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions)

Derivation:

needy (poor enough to need help from others)