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affectionlessness

affectionlessness noun: the quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.

Noun

affectionlessness (uncountable)

  1. The quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.
    • As was suggested at an earlier point, the most obvious use to which the historian might put the undoubted rise in suits at law in Tudor and Stuart England is as evidence of the general affectionlessness of human relationships at that time.2003, John Bossy, Disputes and Settlements: Law and Human Relations in the West
    Synonyms:
    unaffection

Synonyms of affectionlessness

Origin of affectionlessness

From affectionless + -ness.

Questions about affectionlessness

What does affectionlessness mean?
Affectionlessness means the quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.
What part of speech is affectionlessness?
Affectionlessness is a noun.

Words near affectionlessness in the dictionary

  1. affectionates
  2. affectionating
  3. affectioned
  4. affectioning
  5. affectionless
  6. affectionlessness
  7. affections
  8. affectious
  9. affectiously
  10. affective
  11. affective computing

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