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wholeness

wholeness noun: the quality of being whole.

Noun

wholeness (usually uncountable, plural wholenesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being whole.
  2. (usually) The entirety, the whole thing as opposed to part.
    • It is not that the radical feminists are not interested in the workplace but that women from the left parties tackle the issue in a traditional way — like demanding equal payment for equal work. We thought that was absolutely insufficient. We focussed more on the wholeness of women's oppression and...1981 December 19, Nancy Wechsler, Christine Delphy, “Politics In France”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 8

wholeness meaning in Hindi and Tamil

wholeness in Hindi

quality of being whole
समग्रता samagratā, पूर्णता pūrṇatā

wholeness in Tamil

wholeness, fulness, completeness, satisfaction
பூர்த்தி pūrtti
wholeness, entirety
சுத்தம் cuttam

Synonyms of wholeness

Forms of wholeness

pluralwholenesses

Origin of wholeness

From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness.

Questions about wholeness

What does wholeness mean?
Wholeness means the quality of being whole.
What is wholeness in Hindi?
Wholeness in Hindi is समग्रता (samagratā), पूर्णता (pūrṇatā). See Wholeness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is wholeness?
Wholeness is a noun.
What is the plural of wholeness?
The plural of wholeness is wholenesses.

Words near wholeness in the dictionary

  1. wholemeal bread
  2. wholemeal breads
  3. wholemeals
  4. wholemount
  5. wholemounts
  6. wholeness
  7. wholenesses
  8. wholer
  9. wholes
  10. wholesale
  11. wholesaled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wholeness (page history and authors); சுத்தம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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