Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

authorlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-thor-less-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being without an author.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The first deals with causality, chance and contingency, the second with the sources of cognitive validity. The third addresses the question of atheism and the issue of the authorlessness of the Veda (an important tenet of the Mimamsa school)."
"Murray offers a version of language in which timelessness and authorlessness go hand in hand."
"Moving on from the issues of the self-reflective museum, the end of the museum, and the issue of truth claims, I think one of the issues here is about the ostensible authorlessness of the traditional museum, if you like, and this is how its truth claim works in a sense."

Etymology

From authorless + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: authorless

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does authorlessness mean?: The condition of being without an author.
Where does authorlessness come from?: From authorless + -ness.

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