Orientedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being oriented; an orientation. uncountable

    "According to Banfield, it is precisely the norm of present-orientedness […] that gives rise to crime and delinquency, poverty and squalor, broken families and illegitimacy."

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"According to Banfield, it is precisely the norm of present-orientedness […] that gives rise to crime and delinquency, poverty and squalor, broken families and illegitimacy."

Etymology

From oriented + -ness.

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