ANCIENTNESS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

ancientness

noun

Definition of ancientness

as in maturity

the state of being an old person if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration

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as in antiquity

the state of being something old the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating

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Recent Examples of ancientness Since war broke out in late February, the show in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia province, had grown increasingly popular, as interest surges among Chinese people in a nearby nation and culture that rivals their own in its depth and ancientness. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026

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Bond insurance does not protect you from losses due to interest rate increases; the insurance protects you from losses due to the inability of the company that issued the bond to pay interest due as well as principal repayment at maturity.

— Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Wrzesniewsky said the firm prefers the middle maturities over the 30-year bond.

— Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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Meanwhile, an electric color palette of zingy greens, bold reds, and Prussian blues–touched off with plenty of black accents–amplifies the property’s wildly original juxtaposition of antiquity and modernity.

— Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
But the recording itself — which happened in eerie circumstances and nearly destroyed one of the trumpets — also underlines how our handling of antiquities has evolved dramatically in the intervening decades.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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