childlessness

Noun

Meaning

The state of being childless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lack poverty sterile infertility dryness fallow impotence sterility aridity barrenness frigidity blankness fruitlessness infecundity unproductiveness
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Antonyms

fertility gestation fertilization childbearing opulence exuberance
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Hypernyms

situation state of affairs

Related terms

fatherless childless motherless parentless sonless fatherlessness

Examples

He seized on an ambiguous passage which might have meant that their marriage was chaste, perhaps to give the idea that Edith's childlessness was not her fault, to claim that Edward had been celibate. Source: Internet

A study done in 2005 in the western German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen by the HDZ revealed that childlessness was especially widespread among scientists. Source: Internet

Quote: "While it can be confidently expected that elites would respond to financial incentives to have children and to penalties for childlessness by increasing their fertility, they might not do this to the extent that would be desired. Source: Internet

"The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has shown me kindness and taken away the public disgrace of childlessness under which I have been living." Source: Internet

There are 3 main mechanisms through which polygamy affects divorce: economic restraint, sexual satisfaction, and childlessness. Source: Internet

Van der Kiste, pp. 57, 58, 62 Her childlessness would be the greatest source of unhappiness in her life. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

childkind childless childlessly childlike childlike behavior childlike goddess