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OLDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being old; the opposite of newness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("oldness" is a kind of...):
age (how long something has existed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oldness"):
obsoleteness; superannuation (the property of being out of date and not current)
ancientness; antiquity (extreme oldness)
old-fashionedness (the property of being no longer fashionable)
time of origin; vintage (the oldness of wines)
hoariness (great age (especially grey or white with age))
Antonym:
newness (the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness)
Derivation:
old (of long duration; not new)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The opposite of youngness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("oldness" is a kind of...):
age (how long something has existed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oldness"):
agedness; senescence (the property characteristic of old age)
senility (the state of being senile)
longevity; seniority (the property of being long-lived)
staleness (having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging)
Antonym:
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Derivation:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
