starkness

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noun

1. the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
- the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
• Syn:
absoluteness, utterness
• Derivationally related forms:
stark
• Hypernyms:
limit, bound, boundary
2. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
- I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
• Syn:
bareness
• Derivationally related forms:
stark, bare (for: bareness)
• Hypernyms:
plainness