SEPARATENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known

Synonyms:

distinctness; otherness; separateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("separateness" is a kind of...):

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Attribute:

other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)

Derivation:

separate (separated according to race, sex, class, or religion)

Meaning:

Political independence

Example:

seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("separateness" is a kind of...):

independence; independency (freedom from control or influence of another or others)

Meaning:

The state of being several and distinct

Synonyms:

discreteness; distinctness; separateness; severalty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("separateness" is a kind of...):

separation (the state of lacking unity)

Derivation:

separate (separated according to race, sex, class, or religion)

separate (independent; not united or joint)