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oneliness

oneliness noun: the state of being one or single.

Noun

oneliness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being one or single.
    • If I may be allowed to use a word already forced by the poverty of our abstract language upon a well-known writer, I would say that the doctrine of unity contains the ideas both of oneliness, and of oneness.1843, Henry Edward Manning, The Unity of the Church by Henry Edward Manning, page 80
    • Wherefore it is manifest that such an idea of God as we have declared, including unity, oneliness, and singularity in it, is a thing which the ancient Atheists, under the times of paganism, were not unacquainted with, but principally directed their force against.1845, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

Origin of oneliness

From onely + -ness.

Questions about oneliness

What does oneliness mean?
Oneliness means the state of being one or single.
What part of speech is oneliness?
Oneliness is a noun.

Words near oneliness in the dictionary

  1. oneitis
  2. onek
  3. onelie
  4. oneliner
  5. oneliners
  6. oneliness
  7. oneling
  8. onely
  9. onement
  10. oneness
  11. Oneness Pentecostalism

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