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ALONENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition toward being alone
Synonyms:
aloneness; loneliness; lonesomeness; solitariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aloneness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aloneness"):
friendlessness (being without friends)
reclusiveness (a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation)
Derivation:
alone (isolated from others)
alone (lacking companions or companionship)