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rolelessness en · NOUN

Etymology

From roleless + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Absence of a role.
    • In an article that helped encourage sociological thinking about women with disabilities, Michelle Fine and Adrienne Asch argue that such women often suffer from rolelessness, that is, the absence of socially sanctioned roles to fill... 1996, Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg, Sociology: a critical approach: