apartness

English

Etymology

From apart +‎ -ness. Compare West Frisian apartens (“apartness”).

Noun

apartness (usually uncountable, plural apartnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being apart.
   • 2020 March 19, Kristen Rogers, “Do I have ‘cabin fever?’ What it is, how to ‘cure’ it”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Families and couples “need a certain balance of togetherness and apartness, […]

2. (countable) The result or product of being apart.

Translations

state or quality of being apart

• Bulgarian: отделеност (bg) (otdelenost), обособеност (bg) (obosobenost)
• Portuguese: separação (pt) f

result or product of being apart

• Portuguese: separação (pt) f

Anagrams

• pars tensa, repassant