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4 words match “VAGUENESS”

VAGUENESS n.
The quality or state of being vague.
INDEFINITUDE n.
Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. [Obs.] Sir M . Hale.
PERSPECTIVE n.
ing at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aërial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects. Aërial perspective is the expression of space by any means whatsoever, sharpness of edge, vividness of color, etc. Ruskin.
TRANSCENDENTALISM n.
Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.