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submergedness

submergedness noun: the state of being submerged.

Noun

submergedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being submerged.
    • More: he now yearned as avidly for this submergedness, this union of all things living, as he had hitherto shrunk from it.1930, Henry Handel Richardson, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, The Text Publishing Company, published 2012, page 837
    • […]and utilizing also the nuanced effects achieved through submergedness, textual mobility becomes a determinant force curtailing individualistic efforts at self-demarcation—both of finite narrative structures and of extrafictional subjects.1990, Michael Steppat, Chances of Mischief, Böhlau Verlag, page 327

Origin of submergedness

From submerged + -ness.

Questions about submergedness

What does submergedness mean?
Submergedness means the state of being submerged.
What part of speech is submergedness?
Submergedness is a noun.

Words near submergedness in the dictionary

  1. submerchantable
  2. submerge
  3. submergeable
  4. submerged
  5. submerged tenth
  6. submergedness
  7. submergement
  8. submergements
  9. submergence
  10. submergences
  11. submergent

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