"informationlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From informationless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|informationless|ness}} informationless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} informationlessness (uncountable)
  1. Absence of information. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-informationlessness-en-noun-hUcxC7Pc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1992, Richard Bauman, Folklore, cultural performances, and popular entertainments, page 257:",
          "text": "But, Wallace observed, information is not synonymous with meaning, and the meaning of a canon's informationlessness is the certainty of its contents.",
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          "ref": "1998, Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management, page 122:",
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