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complicitness

complicitness noun: the quality of being complicit.

Noun

complicitness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being complicit.
    • The central theme of these meditations is our complicitness in the pain and death inflicted on Jesus by the fanatical religious and barbaric secular authorities and we can recognise that complicitness in the contemporary world of casual violence.2018, Kevin Carey, Cross Purposes: Reflections for Good Friday, Sacristy Press, →ISBN, page 126
    Synonyms:
    complicity

Synonyms of complicitness

Origin of complicitness

From complicit + -ness.

Questions about complicitness

What does complicitness mean?
Complicitness means the quality of being complicit.
What part of speech is complicitness?
Complicitness is a noun.

Words near complicitness in the dictionary

  1. complice
  2. complices
  3. complicit
  4. complicities
  5. complicitly
  6. complicitness
  7. complicitous
  8. complicitousness
  9. complicity
  10. complied
  11. complier

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