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againness

againness noun: the quality of being or happening again; repetition.

Noun

againness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or happening again; repetition.
    • Only on the hypothesis that what is learnt in one generation is remembered by the next, can there be any feeling of againness or of expectancy.1922, The British journal of psychology: Volume 12
    • The quote suggests that enactment becomes recognized as reenactment, recognized as a matter of againness, through explicit theatricality.2011, Rebecca Schneider, Reenactment, page 50

Origin of againness

From again + -ness.

Questions about againness

What does againness mean?
Againness means the quality of being or happening again; repetition.
What part of speech is againness?
Againness is a noun.

Words near againness in the dictionary

  1. again-
  2. again-coming
  3. againbite
  4. againe
  5. againest
  6. againness
  7. againrising
  8. againsaw
  9. againsay
  10. againsaying
  11. againsays

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