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roommateness

roommateness noun: the state of individuals being or acting like roommates.

Noun

roommateness (uncountable)

  1. The state of individuals being or acting like roommates.
    • The significance of roommateness, for our purposes, is of two kinds. First, it is likely that roommates will become more rapidly acquainted with each other, during the earliest days, than with most of the other men.1961, Theodore M[ead] Newcomb, The Acquaintance Process, New York, N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, page 210

Origin of roommateness

From roommate + -ness.

Questions about roommateness

What does roommateness mean?
Roommateness means the state of individuals being or acting like roommates.
What part of speech is roommateness?
Roommateness is a noun.

Words near roommateness in the dictionary

  1. roomly
  2. roommate
  3. roommatehood
  4. roommateless
  5. roommately
  6. roommateness
  7. roommates
  8. roommateship
  9. rooms
  10. rooms by the hour
  11. rooms for doubt

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