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chosenness

chosenness noun: the quality of being chosen.

Noun

chosenness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being chosen.
    • “How scary is it, in a culture of chosenness, to be the anointed king who’s rejected?”2009 May 2, Samuel G. Freedman, “In ‘Kings,’ Television Tackles the Conflicted Saul”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    selectness, election

Synonyms of chosenness

Origin of chosenness

From chosen + -ness.

Questions about chosenness

What does chosenness mean?
Chosenness means the quality of being chosen.
What part of speech is chosenness?
Chosenness is a noun.

Words near chosenness in the dictionary

  1. chosen-plaintext attack
  2. chosen-plaintext attacks
  3. chosenhood
  4. chosenite
  5. chosenites
  6. chosenness
  7. choseong
  8. choseongs
  9. choses
  10. choses in action
  11. choses in possession

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