Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lifelikeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: life-like-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being lifelike.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That last conception of realism is certainly not the same as the notion of lifelikeness. Some of Magritte's paintings are very lifelike, for example, even though they do not show the sorts of scenes which one would ever actually encounter."

Etymology

From lifelike + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lifelike

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lifelikeness mean?: Quality of being lifelike.
Where does lifelikeness come from?: From lifelike + -ness.

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