empty-headedness

NOUN

ignorance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

illiteracy nescience

STRONG

benightedness darkness lack of education sciolism shallowness unenlightenment unfamiliarity

WEAK

callowness crudeness half-knowledge ineducation inscience naïveté rawness simplicity uncouthness

Antonyms

STRONG

erudition understanding

WEAK

competence cultivation education experience intelligence knowledge literacy wisdom

NOUN

nescience

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness half-knowledge illiterateness inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

obliviousness

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

unawareness

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

unconsciousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

oblivion

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unawareness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness

WEAK

benightedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

NOUN

unfamiliarity

Synonyms

STRONG

bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism shallowness simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment vagueness

WEAK

benightedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness

Antonyms

STRONG

cognizance understanding

Example Sentences

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The practical Anton, however, knew that they had inherited the same empty-headedness that he had been ostracized for in his larvahood.

From Scientific American • Apr. 15, 2012

What an advantage it is to have such a reputation for empty-headedness as I have.

From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James

Thayer loved luxury; but it must not be accompanied by empty-headedness.

From The Dominant Strain by Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.)

There is really no protection against propaganda . . . being entirely in the hands of the government; except indeed, the incredible empty-headedness of those who govern.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

My advice is to you, 'keep yourself sober and your mouth shut, and don't show your empty-headedness to people who have forgotten more than ever you knew!'

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter

empty-headedness

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