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Definition of "mindlessness" [mindlessness]

  • The property of behaving in a mindless manner. (noun)

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Use "mindlessness" in a sentence
  • "It's a truism that zombies represent the fear of consumerism and bland conformity (in fact, as publicansdecoy notes, their semiotic coding of mindlessness is redundant; not only do they act brainless, but paradoxically they both desire to consume our brains and are also vulnerable to having their brains destroyed, which makes no sense)."
  • "This implicit equation of the pleasures of reading with mindlessness is one reason I can't accept the commonly-held notion that getting people (especially young people) simply to read -- it doesn't matter what, as long as they're reading -- should be the goal of language/literary instruction."
  • "It would seem from all this that he was the ultimate in mindlessness, that he was an approachable and gentle sort of priest."