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Definition of starkness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

starkness

noun
 
/ˈstɑːknəs/
 
/ˈstɑːrknəs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a severe appearance without colour or decoration
    • the starkness of modernist architecture
  2. the fact of being unpleasant, real and impossible to avoid
    • the starkness of loss and grief
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