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insignificancy

insignificancy noun: lack of signification; meaninglessness.

Noun

insignificancy (countable and uncountable, plural insignificancies)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of signification; meaninglessness.
  2. Unimportance, insignificance.
    • The argument may fairly be extended to women; for, seldom occupied by serious business, the pursuit of pleasure gives that insignificancy to their character which renders the society of the great so insipid.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
  3. An insignificant person or thing.

Forms of insignificancy

pluralinsignificancies

Origin of insignificancy

From insignificant + -cy or insignificance + -y.

Questions about insignificancy

What does insignificancy mean?
Insignificancy means lack of signification; meaninglessness.
What part of speech is insignificancy?
Insignificancy is a noun.
What is the plural of insignificancy?
The plural of insignificancy is insignificancies.

Words near insignificancy in the dictionary

  1. insignia
  2. insignias
  3. insignificance
  4. insignificances
  5. insignificancies
  6. insignificancy
  7. insignificant
  8. insignificantly
  9. insignificants
  10. insignificative
  11. insignis

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