Orientedness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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