groundlessness

Etymology

From groundless + -ness.

groundlessness means the state or condition of being groundless. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

Why “groundlessness” is a great word

GROUNDLESSNESS — [Noun] The state or condition of being without a basis in reason or fact. From the adjective groundless (from Middle English groundles, from Old English grundlēas, from grund ("ground, foundation") + -lēas ("-less")) + the noun-forming suffix -ness. Unlike falsity, which denotes an established untruth, or baselessness, which implies a mere lack of evidence, groundlessness describes the profound and prior void where no foundational soil exists for any claim to take root. It is the vertigo of a rumor that began as empty air, the hollow echo of an accusation with no source, or the weightless drift of a belief untethered from the world of things. To inhabit groundlessness is to feel the floor of reality itself give way.

noun

The state or condition of being groundless.