Aloneness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being alone; solitude, isolation. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a disposition toward being alone wordnet

Synonyms

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lonelinesssolitarinessalienationcelibacydetachmentisolation

Example

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"Aloneness is not quite the same as loneliness."

Etymology

From Middle English alonnesse; equivalent to alone + -ness.

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