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distanceless

distanceless adjective: without distance.

Adjective

distanceless (not comparable)

  1. Without distance.
    • Irigaray discusses the facets of the morphology of mucus and mucous membranes most fully in 'The Limits of the Transference' and in An Ethics of Sexual Difference, where she indicates that a distanceless proximity can be dangerous for both subjects[…]2006, Hilary Robinson, Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: The Politics of Art by Women, page 103
  2. Not allowing a distant view.
    • A silent, dim, distanceless, steaming, rotting day in March.1848-1851, Charles Kingsley, Yeast: A Problem
    • They talked about the day Charlie's divorce became final, six years earlier. He recalled the weather, the high clear sky, distanceless, flags whipping on Fifth Avenue and a movie actress getting out of a taxi.1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II

Origin of distanceless

From distance + -less.

Words formed from distanceless

Questions about distanceless

What does distanceless mean?
Distanceless means without distance.
What part of speech is distanceless?
Distanceless is an adjective.

Words near distanceless in the dictionary

  1. distance line
  2. distance teaching
  3. distance vector
  4. distance vision
  5. distanced
  6. distanceless
  7. distancelessness
  8. distancer
  9. distancers
  10. distances
  11. distanceth

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