aloneness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English alonnesse; equivalent to alone + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 425:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alonenesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
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Synonyms
oneship · isolation · oneship · seclusion · loneness · onehead · solitude · aloneness · onlyhood · loneliness · solitariness · seclusion · onliness
Translations (6)
it solitudine (the state of being alone) · ga aonaránacht (the state of being alone) · ota یالڭزلك (the state of being alone) · am ብቸኛነት (the state of being alone) · ro singurătate (the state of being alone) · de Alleinsein (the state of being alone)