Mechanicalness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being mechanical. uncountable

    "To conclude the ceremony, Raghu Agashe immerses the Lord of Wisdom in a brass bucket near the anthuriums. He does so with a manly mechanicalness, his discourse with God too personal for display."

  2. 2
    A mechanical action. countable

Synonyms

All synonyms
mechanicalitymechanicalityperfunctoriness

Example

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"To conclude the ceremony, Raghu Agashe immerses the Lord of Wisdom in a brass bucket near the anthuriums. He does so with a manly mechanicalness, his discourse with God too personal for display."

Etymology

From mechanical + -ness.

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