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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) poignance, poignancy
a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
"a moment of extraordinary poignancy"

2. (noun) pathos, poignancy
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
"the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) poignancy
the quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief

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