RELATEDNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)