Enclosedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries. uncountable

    "Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . . It was during this winter that Ursula suffered and enjoyed most keenly Maggie's fundamental sadness of enclosedness."

Synonyms

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boundednessboundednessfinitenessfinitudefinitylimitedness

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"Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . . It was during this winter that Ursula suffered and enjoyed most keenly Maggie's fundamental sadness of enclosedness."

Etymology

From enclosed + -ness.

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