Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Separate or distinct character or state.
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- noun The property of being
separate .
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- noun political independence
- noun the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
- noun the state of being several and distinct
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Examples
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There's a feeling of separateness from the rest of the country.
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Her experience in the hospitality trade may have made her less fastidious about the company she kept, but her sardonic comments about her Irish "friends" revealed that a sense of separateness from the plebeian community already existed — a distance that was even more pronounced within the next generation of middle-class women in the area.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Our separateness is one of our basic themes in poetry.
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Our separateness is one of our basic themes in poetry.
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I know this is dangerous territory for a straight ally to walk down, but I just feel that we are perpetuating the idea of separateness by announcing that one needs to declare what their sexuality is.
Archive 2009-01-01 Renee 2009
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I know this is dangerous territory for a straight ally to walk down, but I just feel that we are perpetuating the idea of separateness by announcing that one needs to declare what their sexuality is.
Stop Minding Anderson Coopers Business Renee 2009
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"I'd like to move past the notion of separateness and divisiveness," he continues.
Auburn McCanta: Arizona Officer Supports Obama for the cause of Law and Order 2008
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The effect was only one way in which Heritage reinforced the idea of separateness from the corrupt world.
Rapture Ready! Daniel Radosh 2008
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But we know from science now, if not from our own faith and spiritual awareness, that the notion of separateness is fundamentally wrong.
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The way Fin and the other misfits he meets form a bond is despite their separateness is the quiet beauty of the film.
Archive 2006-08-01 Kay Olson 2006
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