Betweenhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness. uncountable

    "Mörike, writes one scholar, is situated historically in a state of Zwischenheit, or “betweenhood”; [...]"

  2. 2
    That which is between or in-between; anything intermediate. uncountable

    "This fence, this gap, this indeterminate betweenhood, is the discursive condition of semiotics, as the semiotic is the condition of all conversation."

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betweennessbetwixtness

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"Mörike, writes one scholar, is situated historically in a state of Zwischenheit, or “betweenhood”; [...]"

Etymology

From between + -hood. Compare German Zwischenheit (“betweenness”).

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