dividedness
dividedness noun: the quality of being divided.
Noun
dividedness (usually uncountable, plural dividednesses)
- The quality of being divided.
- “The intensely personal energy of this dividedness, the deep-down tension in Mitchell, Selznick and Leigh between vulgarity and refinement,” she concludes, “is what gives the archetypes in ‘Gone With the Wind’ their extraordinary human resonance,” and thanks to the way the three of them threw...2009 April 24, Michiko Kakutani, “Lots of Contradictions in Birthin’ That Movie”, in New York Times
Forms of dividedness
| plural | dividednesses |
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Origin of dividedness
From divided + -ness.
Questions about dividedness
- What does dividedness mean?
- Dividedness means the quality of being divided.
- What part of speech is dividedness?
- Dividedness is a noun.
- What is the plural of dividedness?
- The plural of dividedness is dividednesses.
Words near dividedness in the dictionary
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