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distanceless en · ADJ

Etymology

From distance + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without distance.
    • Irigaray discusses the facets of the morphology of mucus and mucous membranes most fully in 'The Limits of the Transference' and in An Ethics of Sexual Difference, where she indicates that a distanceless proximity can be dangerous for both subjects[…] 2006, Hilary Robinson, Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: The Politics of Art by Women, page 103:
  2. (not-comparable) Not allowing a distant view.
    • 1848-1851, Charles Kingsley, Yeast: A Problem A silent, dim, distanceless, steaming, rotting day in March.
    • They talked about the day Charlie's divorce became final, six years earlier. He recalled the weather, the high clear sky, distanceless, flags whipping on Fifth Avenue and a movie actress getting out of a taxi. 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II:

Deriveds

distancelessness