weightlessness
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- noun
- /ˈweɪtˌlɛs.nəs/
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ligereza
- As the roller coaster descended, riders often describe a moment of weightlessness that feels exhilarating.
- feeling of weightlessness
- sense of weightlessness
Examples
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It is unlike anything else you will experience on Earth because it is this true feeling of weightlessness with no drag.
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She enjoyed the weightlessness in her head, where giant fragments of events roamed.
Fiction book (1998) -
And at the same time feel this incredible sense of support, almost weightlessness from the water.
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But I can get kind of a weightlessness sort of high that I think is easier the more I do it.
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They're comforted by the feeling of weightlessness.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Remarkable feeling, this weightlessness," he said with a comradely grin at the harper.
Fiction book (1991) -
Felicia whirled, forgetting the weightlessness, and it was a moment before she could halt her spin.
Fiction book (2000) -
The porch had railings along the sides but not in front, and being on it gave him a feeling of airy weightlessness, as if in a moment he would rise up and fly over the valley below.
Fiction book (2002) -
He had always loved swimming, and loved it even more now—the weightlessness, the fluidity of movement, the freedom.
Fiction book (1995) -
After meditating for an hour, she experienced a profound sense of weightlessness and clarity of mind.
Synonyms
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A small weight that feels easy to carry
A feeling of being physically and mentally relaxed
A state of freedom without ties or limits
Antonyms
How Unburdened
Surface Forms
Morphology
weightlessness = weightless (transparent) = weight + less + ness
Derived from the adjective 'weightless' with '-ness' to indicate a state; the figurative sense is a metaphorical extension but remains inferable.
Etymology
Weightlessness is formed from weight plus -less ('without') and -ness ('state of'), so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a heavy bag suddenly gone. That image of being 'without weight' explains why the word also means feeling light, free, or unburdened.