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1. The quality of being complete or utter or extreme
   "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
   - absoluteness, utterness
    
2. An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
   "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"
   - bareness

Derived forms: starknesses

See also: stark

Type of: bound, boundary, limit, plainness