"aloneness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alonenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English alonnesse; equivalent to alone + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|alonnesse}} Middle English alonnesse, {{suffix|en|alone|ness}} alone + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aloneness (countable and uncountable, plural alonenesses)
  1. The state of being alone; solitude, isolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: solitude Translations (the state of being alone): Alleinsein [neuter] (German), aonaránacht [feminine] (Irish), solitudine [feminine] (Italian), یالڭزلك (yalñızlık) (Ottoman Turkish), singurătate (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-aloneness-en-noun-QNgVHkV5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 425",
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          "sense": "the state of being alone",
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          "sense": "the state of being alone",
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      "sense": "the state of being alone",
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      "word": "Alleinsein"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the state of being alone",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the state of being alone",
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      "sense": "the state of being alone",
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