indirectness (n)

n04919209

type n
lex_filenum 07
def having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
Outgoing links
Hypernym characteristic
Derivationally related form indirectness → indirect; indirectness → indirect
Antonym indirectness → directness
Hyponym allusiveness; mediacy, mediateness; deviousness, obliqueness; discursiveness
Incoming links
Derivationally related form indirect → indirectness; indirect → indirectness
Hyponym characteristic
Antonym directness → indirectness
Hypernym allusiveness; mediacy, mediateness; deviousness, obliqueness; discursiveness

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