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singleness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun singleness has 2 senses
- singleness(n = noun.attribute) straightforwardness - without hypocrisy; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned" is a kind of sincerity
- singleness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of concentrating on one central objective; "his singleness of purpose" is a kind of assiduity, assiduousness, concentration
Derived form adjective single7
CIDE DICTIONARY
singleness, n.
- The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity. [1913 Webster]
- Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
singleness
aloneness, bachelordom, bachelorhood, bachelorism, bachelorship, celibacy, combination, continence, elementarity, fundamentality, fusion, homogeneity, identity, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, inviolability, irreducibility, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, maidenhead, maidenhood, misogamy, misogyny, monachism, monasticism, monism, oneness, organic unity, particularity, plainness, purity, selfsameness, severity, simpleness, simplicity, single blessedness, single state, singularity, solidarity, solidification, solidity, solitariness, solitude, spinsterhood, starkness, unadulteration, undividedness, unification, uniformity, uniqueness, unity, univocity, unmixedness, unsophistication, unwed state, virgin state, virginity, wholenessROGET THESAURUS
singleness
Celibacy
N celibacy, singleness, single blessedness, bachelorhood, bachelorship, misogamy, misogyny, virginity, pucelage, maidenhood, maidenhead, unmarried man, bachelor, Coelebs, agamist, old bachelor, misogamist, misogynist, monogamist, monk, unmarried woman, spinster, maid, maiden, virgin, feme sole, old maid, bachelor girl, girl-bachelor, nun, unmarried, unwed, unwedded, wifeless, spouseless, single.
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