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as in emptiness
the quality or state of being empty
the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping
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as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body
as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness
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Recent Examples of bareness
Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bareness
Noun
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Kerr and several staffers compared the emptiness around downtown, coupled with the frigid temperatures outside, to feelings that existed during COVID.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Many roads in Austin remained icy on Monday morning and many coffee shops and restaurants echoed the emptiness on the streets with their own temporary closures.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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In the only in-depth interview she’s ever given, Censori is finally speaking—about all that nudity, about her childhood and her early career, about her husband’s mental health and apparent antisemitism, and about who, exactly, is in control of her life.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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The modern Western culture around nudity really teaches you shame about something that is so human and natural and innocent.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
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Pippa is pretty judgmental about the whole thing, asking why Diana let Stephen take nudes of her in the first place.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026
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Of course, the ambiguous nude’s identity becomes contextualized by the items surrounding it.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Alas, a child exposed the collective delusion and the emperor’s nakedness.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Richie stood there in a state of shock and semi-nakedness, staring down at the remains of his former attire.—
Patrick F. McManus,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Bareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bareness. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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