beardlessness
6.8
A lack of a beard that often makes a person look younger or inexperienced
- noun
- /ˈbɪrdləsnəs/
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inmadurez
- His beardlessness made him look much younger than his actual age.
Examples
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The culture wars correspondingly shifted from men's beards and beardlessness to women's veiling and unveiling.
Academic text (2006) -
Despite its abject association with the mukhannas, beardlessness increasingly served to demarcate the public presentation of men of modernity against their backward, religious-minded bearded folks.
Academic text (2006) -
In the world of fashion, beardlessness is often seen as a sign of modernity.
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The actor's beardlessness in the latest film contributed to his youthful appearance.
Antonyms
How Bearded
Surface Forms
beardlessness singular
beardlessnesses plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word beardlessness is made of beard, -less and -ness, where -less means 'without' as in fearless, and -ness means 'state'. So it means the 'state of being without a beard', and it often suggests youth or inexperience.