Word.ws English Dictionary

altogetherness

altogetherness noun: the quality of forming a unified whole.

Noun

altogetherness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of forming a unified whole.
    • We have, however, made a distinct effort also to provide questions which emphasize the "altogetherness" of a given selection.1962, Jerome Walter Archer, Joseph Schwartz, A Reader for Writers: A Critical Anthology of Prose Readings, page vi
    • 'Human multiunity, or altogetherness, actualized in reality', wrote Feodorov, 'is a necessary condition for the understanding of the Divine Triunity. As long as the independence of individuals is expressed as enslavement, just so long will altogetherness as a likenss of the Triunity be simply a...1994, David Nicholls, Deity and Domination, page 234

Examples of altogetherness in a sentence

  • 'Human multiunity, or altogetherness, actualized in reality', wrote Feodorov, 'is a necessary condition for the understanding of the Divine Triunity.1994, David Nicholls, Deity and Domination, page 234:
  • You call me irresponsible, Blacker, but I've got enough imagination to see 'the altogetherness of everything.'2015, Lisa Regan, Winifred Holtby's Social Vision: 'Members One of Another', page 107:

Origin of altogetherness

From altogether + -ness.

Questions about altogetherness

What does altogetherness mean?
Altogetherness means the quality of forming a unified whole.
How do you use altogetherness in a sentence?
'Human multiunity, or altogetherness, actualized in reality', wrote Feodorov, 'is a necessary condition for the understanding of the Divine Triunity.
What part of speech is altogetherness?
Altogetherness is a noun.

Words near altogetherness in the dictionary

  1. altocalciphilia
  2. altocumuli
  3. altocumulus
  4. Altofts
  5. altogether
  6. altogetherness
  7. altogethers
  8. altohyrtin
  9. altohyrtins
  10. altoist
  11. altoists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: altogetherness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “altogetherness.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/altogetherness. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.