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afterwardness

afterwardness is the alternative form of afterwardsness.

Meaning of afterwardsness

Noun

afterwardsness (uncountable)

  1. The concept that an earlier event in one's life can later acquire a meaning.

Origin of afterwardness

From afterward + -ness.

Questions about afterwardness

What is afterwardness the alternative form of?
Afterwardness is the alternative form of afterwardsness.

Words near afterwardness in the dictionary

  1. afterviews
  2. aftervision
  3. aftervisions
  4. afterwar
  5. afterward
  6. afterwardness
  7. afterwards
  8. afterwardsness
  9. afterwash
  10. afterwashes
  11. afterwave

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