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RELATEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular manner of connectedness
Example:
the relatedness of all living things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("relatedness" is a kind of...):
connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relatedness"):
bearing (relevant relation or interconnection)
Antonym:
unrelatedness (the lack of any particular manner of connectedness)
Derivation:
related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)
related (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)