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not-at-homeness

not-at-homeness noun: of a person, a condition or state of not being at home.

Noun

not-at-homeness (uncountable)

  1. Of a person, a condition or state of not being at home.
    • It flees/row the uncanny not-at-homeness that lies at the ground of a thrown being-in-the-world.2001, Magda King, A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time, page 96
    • The strangeness and not-at-homeness in this narrative are not linked to simple mimesis, or representation, but rather to the concept of becoming, pefrormance^([sic]), and narrating.2008, Sean Michael Scanlan, Narrating Nostalgia: Modern Literary Homesickness in New York Narratives, 1809-1925

Origin of not-at-homeness

From not + at + home + -ness.

Questions about not-at-homeness

What does not-at-homeness mean?
Not-at-homeness means of a person, a condition or state of not being at home.
What part of speech is not-at-homeness?
Not-at-homeness is a noun.

Words near not-at-homeness in the dictionary

  1. not wrapped too tight
  2. not yet
  3. not yets
  4. not your father's
  5. not've
  6. not-at-homeness
  7. Not-Deer
  8. not-dog
  9. not-dogs
  10. not-for-profit
  11. not-for-profits

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