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Fatherlessness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father). uncountable

    "Speaking about the epidemic of fatherlessness in black families, Mr. Cosby imagined a young fatherless child thinking: “Somewhere in my life a person called my father has not shown up, and I feel very sad about this because I don’t know if I’m ugly — I don’t know what the reason is.”"

Etymology

From fatherless + -ness.

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