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at-homeness

at-homeness noun: of a person, a condition of being at home.

Noun

at-homeness (uncountable)

  1. Of a person, a condition of being at home.
  2. Of a person, an attachment to being at home.
    • Places of most profound at-homeness generally reflect existential insideness […]2015, David Seamon, A Geography of the Lifeworld (Routledge Revivals): Movement, Rest and Encounter

Forms of at-homeness

alternative formathomeness

Origin of at-homeness

From at home + -ness.

Questions about at-homeness

What does at-homeness mean?
At-homeness means of a person, a condition of being at home.
What part of speech is at-homeness?
At-homeness is a noun.

Words near at-homeness in the dictionary

  1. at-bats
  2. at-fault
  3. at-grade
  4. at-home card
  5. at-home cards
  6. at-homeness
  7. at-large
  8. at-one-ness
  9. at-risk
  10. at-rule
  11. at-rules

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