Abjectness vs. Meanness

Abjectnessnoun

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

Meannessnoun

(uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

‘This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison’;

Abjectnessnoun

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.

Meannessnoun

(countable) A mean act.

Meannessnoun

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

‘This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.’;

Meannessnoun

A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

Meannessnoun

the quality of being deliberately mean

Meannessnoun

extreme stinginess

Meanness

Meanness is a personal quality whose classical form, discussed by many from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas, characterizes it as a vice of , but whose modern form deals more with cruelty.

‘lowness’;