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rolelessness

rolelessness noun: absence of a role.

Noun

rolelessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of a role.
    • In an article that helped encourage sociological thinking about women with disabilities, Michelle Fine and Adrienne Asch argue that such women often suffer from rolelessness, that is, the absence of socially sanctioned roles to fill...1996, Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg, Sociology: a critical approach

Origin of rolelessness

From roleless + -ness.

Questions about rolelessness

What does rolelessness mean?
Rolelessness means absence of a role.
What part of speech is rolelessness?
Rolelessness is a noun.

Words near rolelessness in the dictionary

  1. role-playings
  2. role-plays
  3. Rolecks
  4. roled
  5. roleless
  6. rolelessness
  7. rolemodel
  8. Rolen
  9. Rolens
  10. roleo
  11. roleos

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