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Meaning of "defencelessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFENCELESSNESS

defencelessness  [dɪˈfensləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFENCELESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defencelessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFENCELESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defencelessness in the English dictionary

The definition of defencelessness in the dictionary is the quality of being defenceless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFENCELESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
ceaselessness
ˈsiːsləsnəs
classlessness
ˈklɑːsləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
facelessness
ˈfeɪsləsnəs
fencelessness
ˈfensləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
gracelessness
ˈɡreɪsləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
houselessness
ˈhaʊsləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
pricelessness
ˈpraɪsləsnəs
purposelessness
ˈpɜːpəsləsnəs
sexlessness
ˈsɛksləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFENCELESSNESS

defence
defence counsel
defence expenditure
defence forces
defence in depth
defence mechanism
defence secretary
defenceless
defencelessly
defenceman
defences
defend
defendable
defendant
defender
Defender of the Faith
defending
defending counsel
defenestrate
defenestration

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFENCELESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of defencelessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defencelessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFENCELESSNESS

Find out the translation of defencelessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defencelessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defencelessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自卫能力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indefensión
570 millions of speakers

English

defencelessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रक्षाहीनता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عن الدفاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беззащитность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defencelessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

defencelessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans défense
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defenselessness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wehrlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

defencelessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

defencelessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defencelessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defencelessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defencelessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नैराश्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defencelessness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defencelessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezbronność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

беззахисність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defencelessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

defencelessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weerloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

försvarslöshet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defencelessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defencelessness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFENCELESSNESS»

The term «defencelessness» is used very little and occupies the 166.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFENCELESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defencelessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defencelessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defencelessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFENCELESSNESS»

Discover the use of defencelessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defencelessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry
Moreover, even if every victim in every credibly possible situation of torture were helpless to defend herself, Shue's argument about defencelessness and unfairness would not withstand scrutiny. Some of the chief shortcomings in his argument ...
Matthew H. Kramer, 2014
2
Killing in a Gray Area between Humanitarian Law and Human ...
The prohibition of the attack is based on the incapacity of the attacked person to defend him or herself.194 This defencelessness is conditional on said causes. No further conditions are provided for by this norm. Hence, safeguard is only ...
Jan Römer, 2010
3
Psychoanalytic Essays on Power and Vulnerability:
Gandhi internalised the pain and suf- fering of others as his rationale for service to his country. Defencelessness Gandhi's defencelessness was a mature adult decision to mirror the suffering of others. He gained self-awareness through facing ...
Halina Brunning, 2013
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European Journal of Psychoanalysis 26/27
Transference. and. “Bare. Life”. Defencelessness. Cristiana Cimino Keywords: Bare life – Real – Claustrophilic area – Uncanny – Trauma. Summary: The hypothesis of this work is that the psychic life is marked from the beginning by the  ...
Sergio Benvenuto, Cristiana Cimino, Antonello Correale, 2010
5
Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States Under ...
The Supreme Court of Bulgaria had interpreted that “non-consent” could be deduced from the situations covered in subparagraphs 2 or 3 – that is, the use of force, threats or a state of defencelessness were elements of “non-consent”.1177 A ...
Maria Eriksson, 2011
6
Schillebeeckx
When he initially mooted the idea he even spoke of the impotence (onmacht) of God, but eventually shied away from that term in favour of defencelessness on the grounds that whereas the concepts of power and powerlessness contradict one ...
Philip Kennedy, 1993
7
Conspiracy and Romance: Studies in Brockden Brown, Cooper, ...
1. "The. Defencelessness. of. Her. Condition". Villainy and Vulnerability in Charles Brockden Brown's Ormond We are frequently in most danger when we deem ourselves most safe, and our fortress is taken sometimes through a point, whose ...
Robert S. Levine, Robert Steven Levine, 1989
8
Cosmopolitan War
Note that the defencelessness objection need not deny that the risks attendant on serving as a defenceless shield might be lower than the risks attendant on serving as an armed combatant. Nor need it deny that the latter risks (those incurred ...
Cécile Fabre, 2012
9
A New Interpretation of Chinese Taoist Philosophy: An ...
In the modern society, there is still room for defencelessness to be invincible among individuals, but the size of that room may be limited. Politics applies only to countries, groups, and organizations and not ordinary individuals. It is possible for ...
You-Sheng Li, 2005
10
The Access of Individuals to International Justice
IX. The. Protection. of. Victims. in. Situations. of. Great. Adversity. or. Defencelessness. –. II. I. Introduction: The Centrality of the Suffering of the Victims 151 II. The Protection of Abandoned or 'Street Children' 152 III. The Protection of Members ...
Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFENCELESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defencelessness is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Attenborough Desperately Needs To Catch Up On Pope Francis
It's a matter of the wealthy few to realise their defencelessness in the face of global warming and associated danger, and that money may even ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
2
Teaching kids to code is self-defence, not a vocational skill
That disconnect is fertile ground for ignorance - and a growing, permanent, digital defencelessness. We've got to shine a light in, dispel the ... «The Register, Jun 15»
3
Elections in Ethiopia - Beyond Winning (and Losing) (Part III)
... beheading of Ethiopian migrants by ISIS (and the perceived defencelessness under the circumstances); the assault, the burning alive, killing, ... «AllAfrica.com, May 15»
4
Julian Assange to appeal to international courts
Garzon reiterated that Assange is willing to be questioned by Swedish prosecutors in London "urgently, to end his situation of defencelessness ... «3News NZ, May 15»
5
TEDxExeter speaker Jenny Sealey challenges perceptions of disability
Graeae was founded in 1980 with the aim of dispelling images of defencelessness, together with prejudices and popular myths around ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 15»
6
In My Defencelessness My Safety Lies
I was very lucky. I was told this almost every day as a child. I was lucky to have hot food, clothes and people who loved me. Others weren't so ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
7
Op-Ed: The double dehumanisation of an unequal society
But their very defencelessness allows the police and the JMPD to claim success, as they report on the numbers of traders, beggars removed, ... «Daily Maverick, Mar 15»
8
Mexico: Ayotzinapa, Emblem of the Twenty-First Century Social Order
In addition, Ayotzinapa is the peak of a mountain of insult, defencelessness and anger. It is the accumulated conscience of ignominy and ... «Upside Down World, Jan 15»
9
Vincent Garenq: 'The Clearstream Affair's' 'Bigger, More …
From “Guilty,” now “Kalinka,” you focus on injustices, corruption, the defencelessness of the individual, confronted by the legal system, financial ... «Variety, Jan 15»
10
The “Ugliest of Things”?
In the absence of such a general commitment, adopting a blanket pacifist policy will mean defencelessness and expose that country to the danger of being ... «Philosophy Now, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Defencelessness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/defencelessness>. Apr 2024 ».
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