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overconnectedness

overconnectedness noun: the quality or condition of being overconnected.

Noun

overconnectedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of being overconnected.
    • This Israeli motorist with a cell phone in each ear, driving with his elbows, gets my vote as the poster boy for the social disease of the next millennium -- overconnectedness.1999 August 10, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Y2K Social Disease”, in The New York Times
    • The novels are set in the 1960s, partly, Smiley says, because she didn't want the overconnectedness of today's mobile phone and Facebook generation […]2011 September 10, Fiona Gruber, “Writing a horse”, in Sydney Morning Herald

Origin of overconnectedness

From overconnected + -ness.

Questions about overconnectedness

What does overconnectedness mean?
Overconnectedness means the quality or condition of being overconnected.
What part of speech is overconnectedness?
Overconnectedness is a noun.

Words near overconnectedness in the dictionary

  1. overconform
  2. overconformed
  3. overconforming
  4. overconforms
  5. overconnected
  6. overconnectedness
  7. overconnectivity
  8. overconscientious
  9. overconscientiousness
  10. overconscious
  11. overconsciously

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