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sedentariness

sedentariness noun: the habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).

Noun

sedentariness (uncountable)

  1. The habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
    • Near-synonym: sedentarism (usually synonymous)
    • But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE
    Synonyms:
    sedentarism
  2. The state of being mostly or entirely motionless, stationary.

Synonyms of sedentariness

Antonyms

Origin of sedentariness

From sedentary + -ness.

Questions about sedentariness

What does sedentariness mean?
Sedentariness means the habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
What part of speech is sedentariness?
Sedentariness is a noun.

Words near sedentariness in the dictionary

  1. sedent
  2. sedentarian
  3. sedentarians
  4. sedentaries
  5. sedentarily
  6. sedentariness
  7. sedentarisation
  8. sedentarise
  9. sedentarised
  10. sedentarises
  11. sedentarising

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