as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
the separateness of the island community has given it a distinct culture
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Recent Examples of separateness
On the one hand, the gift of consciousness brought the glory of independence; on the other, the punishment of separateness.
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Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separateness
Noun
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And solitude is killing us softly.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Jen, an orphaned Gelling raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, must find the missing shard that will heal the crystal and restore balance to the universe.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Most Celestiq buyers remain anonymous for their privacy.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The home, which Drake in a brief interview said should be finished in about two years, will be 9,720 square feet, have three stories, five bedrooms, a partially unfinished basement, an attached garage, with a wall surrounding the property for privacy.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To combat isolation amid shorter days, keep in touch with loved ones, NextStep4MentalHealth advises.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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During its first project, the team found that young people entering youth shelters struggled with isolation, so the team members built a board game cart and collected hundreds of games, books and clothes for a local youth shelter.—
Magda Liszewska,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The online focus on masculinity comes at a time when study after study shows young men in America are experiencing unprecedented levels of loneliness, fatigue, depression and suicide.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The researchers behind the study analyzed data across 345 prior studies, including over 124,000 participants who completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale between 1976 and 2019, to conclude that loneliness is definitively rising and has become a pressing problem.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Troost Avenue had long served as a dividing line of racial segregation in Kansas City, a physical reminder of historic redlining from the Jim Crow era.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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The dismantling of segregation was a profound moral and political victory.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Separateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separateness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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