insignificancy

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noun

Lack of signification; meaninglessness.

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Meanings

nouninsignificancy (countable and uncountable, plural insignificancies)

plural insignificancies

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableLack of signification; meaninglessness.
  2. countableuncountableUnimportance, insignificance.

    The argument may fairly be extended to women; for, seldom occupied by serious business, the pursuit of pleasure gives that insignificancy to their character which renders the society of the great so insipid.

    1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
  3. countableuncountableAn insignificant person or thing.

Origin

From insignificant + -cy or insignificance + -y.

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APA

insignificancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificancy

MLA

“insignificancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insignificancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insignificancy.

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