vacuity

emptiness or lack of thought

Root

  • vac: empty or free from

Other words with the vac root

  • vacant: empty or unoccupied
  • vacuous: empty of thought or substance
  • vacuum: empty space or cleaning machine

Vacuity is emptiness as a quality: a speech, slogan, or stare with nothing much inside.

The critic attacked the vacuity of the slogan because it sounded grand and meant almost nothing.

Vacuum makes the empty-space image obvious. Vacuity moves that emptiness into thought and speech: impressive surface, hollow center.

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