poignancy
noun/ˈpɔɪnjənsi/
/ˈpɔɪnjənsi/
[uncountable]- the fact of having a strong effect on your feelings, especially in a way that makes you feel sad
- the poignancy of parting and separation
- Of particular poignancy was the photograph of their son with his sisters, taken the day before he died.
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