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Noun poignancy has 2 senses
- poignance, poignancy - a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; "a moment of extraordinary poignancy"
--1 is a kind of sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness
- pathos, poignancy - a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
--2 is a kind of quality
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