Oneness

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being one or undivided; unity. uncountable

    "Second, the amount of zeroness and oneness that a qubit may have is arbitrary and takes on a continuum of values, but when we measure it, we obtain a 0 or a 1 […]"

  2. 2
    the quality of being united into one wordnet
  3. 3
    The product of being one or undivided. countable

Synonyms

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unityaccordaccordanceaffinityagapeagreement

Example

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"Each of us has something in us that longs for a sense of oneness with others."

Etymology

From Middle English oonnesse, onnesse, from Old English ānnes (“oneness, unity, agreement, covenant, solitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainnassī (“oneness”), equivalent to one + -ness. Cognate with Old High German einnissī, einnissa (“unity, oneness”).

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