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orientedness

orientedness noun: the state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.

Noun

orientedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.
    • According to Banfield, it is precisely the norm of present-orientedness […] that gives rise to crime and delinquency, poverty and squalor, broken families and illegitimacy.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order

Origin of orientedness

From oriented + -ness.

Questions about orientedness

What does orientedness mean?
Orientedness means the state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.
What part of speech is orientedness?
Orientedness is a noun.

Words near orientedness in the dictionary

  1. orientator
  2. orientators
  3. oriented
  4. oriented graph
  5. oriented graphs
  6. orientedness
  7. orientee
  8. orienteer
  9. orienteered
  10. orienteerer
  11. orienteerers

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