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betweenhood

betweenhood noun: the state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness.

Noun

betweenhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness.
    • Mörike, writes one scholar, is situated historically in a state of Zwischenheit, or “betweenhood”; [...]2000, Susan Youens, Hugo Wolf and his Mörike songs
  2. That which is between or in-between; anything intermediate.
    • This fence, this gap, this indeterminate betweenhood, is the discursive condition of semiotics, as the semiotic is the condition of all conversation.2004, Anne Freadman, The machinery of talk: Charles Peirce and the sign hypothesis

Origin of betweenhood

From between + -hood. Compare German Zwischenheit (“betweenness”).

Questions about betweenhood

What does betweenhood mean?
Betweenhood means the state or condition of being between or in-between; intermediate condition; betweenness.
What part of speech is betweenhood?
Betweenhood is a noun.

Words near betweenhood in the dictionary

  1. betweenanes
  2. betweenbrain
  3. betweenbrains
  4. betweene
  5. betweeness
  6. betweenhood
  7. betweenities
  8. betweenity
  9. betweenmaid
  10. betweenmaids
  11. betweenness

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