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separateness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of separateness

the state of being alone or kept apart from others

  • the separateness of the island community has given it a distinct culture
Synonyms of separateness

aloneness, insulation, isolation, privacy, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, solitariness, solitude
Words Related to separateness

loneliness, lonesomeness

vacuum

confinement, incarceration, internment, quarantine

retirement, withdrawal

ghettoization
Near Antonyms of separateness

camaraderie, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, society

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