vacuity (redirected from vacuities)

va·cu·i·ty  (v-ky-t, v-)

n. pl. vac·u·i·ties

1. Total absence of matter; emptiness.

2. An empty space; a vacuum.

3. Total lack of ideas; emptiness of mind.

4. Absence of meaningful occupation; idleness: "the crew, being patient people, much given to slumber and vacuity" (Washington Irving).

5. The quality or fact of being devoid of something specified: a vacuity of taste; a vacuity of emotions.

6. Something, especially a remark, that is pointless or inane: a conversation full of vacuities.

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[Middle English vacuite, from Old French, from Latin vacuits, from vacuus, empty; see vacuum.]

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vacuity

Noun

an absence of intelligent thought or ideas: I suggested to one of his advisers that his vacuity was a handicap in these debates

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vacuity - the absence of matter vacuum emptiness - the state of containing nothing
	2.	vacuity - a region that is devoid of matter vacuum region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
	3.	vacuity - total lack of meaning or ideas inanity, mindlessness, pointlessness, senselessness meaninglessness - the quality of having no value or significance; "he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him"