smallness
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈsmɔːlnəs/
:
insignificancia
- And the crowd stands up like they don't know what to do, like they're afraid to meet the naked plea in her eyes, since what she's asking makes them feel their own smallness that they can't do anything to help.
Examples
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Part of the Nature experience is recognizing its mastery over you, your smallness in the face of it.
Fiction book (2001) -
To have to explain it to Masters at any length was a measure of the man's essential smallness.
Fiction book (1995) -
So I carried away an overwhelming sense of smallness.
Fiction book (1994) -
I suddenly had a thought that had occurred to me before about the smallness and pointlessness of human existence.
Academic text (2009) -
If it befalls us, perhaps through exile or loss, we perceive the terror both of vast space and of our own smallness.
Academic text (1995) -
In the Kakamega District of Kenya, the density of trees varied with the density of population and the smallness of landholdings.
Academic text (1998) -
First, the smallness of the group itself minimizes opportunities for the free riding that can characterize unconditional MFN in large groups.
Academic text (1994) -
To the superficial observer, the smallness of the community is masked by the overwhelming presence of mass media, including five daily newspapers and national radio and television stations.
Academic text (1995) -
If the vaulted, high ceilings of church and cathedral architecture reinforce the smallness of the individual within a wider, supra-human scale, the trees in Hardy's novel produce a similar effect.
Academic text (2016) -
While we often focus on power and ambition, true wisdom lies in understanding the smallness of our individual influence in the grand scheme of things.
Synonyms
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5.8
A state of not being important or having little effect
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5.4
A small detail that does not matter
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4.6
A situation or thing that is not worth much attention
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5.8
A position with little power or respect compared to others
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7.0
A very small amount of something that is not enough
So small or unimportant that it does not matter
A small matter that people think is unimportant and easy to ignore
The state of being as small or as simple as possible
Antonyms
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Smallness comes from small plus the ending -ness, which names a 'state' or condition. That's why smallness can mean having little power or importance in a group or place.