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enclosedness

enclosedness noun: the state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.

Noun

enclosedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.
    • Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . . It was during this winter that Ursula suffered and enjoyed most keenly Maggie's fundamental sadness of enclosedness.1915, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 13, in The Rainbow
    • We must ask, first, whether our privacy — call it our distance or enclosedness or unknowability with respect to others — is elected or inevitable.1984, Christopher E. G. Benfey, Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others, →ISBN, page 63

Synonyms of enclosedness

Origin of enclosedness

From enclosed + -ness.

Questions about enclosedness

What does enclosedness mean?
Enclosedness means the state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.
What part of speech is enclosedness?
Enclosedness is a noun.

Words near enclosedness in the dictionary

  1. enclosable
  2. enclose
  3. enclosed
  4. enclosed order
  5. enclosed orders
  6. enclosedness
  7. encloser
  8. enclosers
  9. encloses
  10. enclosest
  11. encloseth

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