starkness
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- noun
- /ˈstɑrk.nəs/
:
rigor
- But it's a punchy way of stating the starkness of things as they stand.
Cicero does not address that here, but those are worth keeping in mind as you can consider the starkness of this doctrine.
- Cicero does not address that here, but those are worth keeping in mind as you can consider the starkness of this doctrine.
- And this starkness is part of the plot of the film.
Examples
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From the starkness of exhaustion her devotion has brought her to, she ponders God and His justice.
Fiction book (2001) -
A softened tone of reverie at the end almost repudiates the earlier starkness, as if the pain of historical loss acquires its own sweet companionability once the actual scene of desecration is left behind.
Academic text (1995) -
And this starkness is part of the plot of the film.
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Cicero does not address that here, but those are worth keeping in mind as you can consider the starkness of this doctrine.
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This was the view, expressed with characteristic starkness, of Lenin's What Is To Be Done?
Academic text (1997) -
It's the starkness, the utter soullessness of it.
Blog text (28) -
But its starkness is also simplicity, innocence, and perhaps most movingly, concentration.
Academic text (2007) -
The starkness of this possibility is further complicated by two "problems" that plague our freedom: the limits of our self-knowledge and the burden of unintended consequences that can follow from our free actions.
Academic text (2009) -
It was an ominous scene, almost preternatural in its starkness, not at all the kind of place one would want to be caught carless, at dusk or at dawn.
Fiction book (1999) -
The starkness of the desert landscape highlighted its extreme isolation.
Synonyms
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The state of being complete and having no limits
A state that is complete and leaves no doubt
A strong feeling, force, or attention in something
A plain, simple style without decoration
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word starkness comes from an old Germanic word stark that meant 'strong' or 'severe'. You can see the same idea in the phrase stark naked ('completely naked'), so starkness often means an extreme or absolute quality.