insignificancy

noun — 3 senses

insignificancy

noun

Etymology From insignificant + -cy or insignificance + -y.

1

Obsolete Lack of signification; meaninglessness.

2

Unimportance, 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

An insignificant person or thing.

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