Patienthood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being a patient or of being ill. countable, uncountable
"Because of their inability to resolve their personal crises, these assassins will project their individual patienthoods upon society and, in their attempt to universalize their personal pain, could focus on the destruction of a leading figure or monument."
Example
More examples"Because of their inability to resolve their personal crises, these assassins will project their individual patienthoods upon society and, in their attempt to universalize their personal pain, could focus on the destruction of a leading figure or monument."
Etymology
From patient + -hood.
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