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officialness

officialness noun: the quality of being official.

Noun

officialness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being official.
    • For Canadian artists in particular, though, labouring in the chilly isolation that is our institutional culture, rejection has a numbing air of officialness.2009 August 13, “Critics' choice”, in Toronto Star

Origin of officialness

From official + -ness.

Questions about officialness

What does officialness mean?
Officialness means the quality of being official.
What part of speech is officialness?
Officialness is a noun.

Words near officialness in the dictionary

  1. officialized
  2. officializes
  3. officializing
  4. officially
  5. officially known as
  6. officialness
  7. officials
  8. officialship
  9. officialships
  10. officialties
  11. officialty

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