SINGLENESS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

singleness

noun

Definition of singleness

as in oneness

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Recent Examples of singleness And to more women today, intentional singleness is worth every penny. — Essence, 10 Feb. 2026 The actress hasn't spoken publicly about her dating life, aside from a few TikTok videos poking fun at her singleness. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026 Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Franklin, who is also a minister, was inspired to tell this particular Bible story after preaching a sermon series on singleness and relationships. — Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for singleness

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Noun

Christian Science teaches about how our true oneness with God is our perfect, only identity.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of oneness

Noun

The students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels can feel the program’s uniqueness, too.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Bass delves into the ease (or difficulty) of loving people in terms anyone could grasp, sanding down the uniqueness of Cyrus’s viewpoint.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of uniqueness

Noun

The singularity and relatedness of a thing are not in conflict but are mutually entwined.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Ongoing industry consolidation was a key talking point, with independent eyewear makers doubling down on consumer-facing initiatives and high-end product to knock home their singularity.

— Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of singularity

Noun

These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.

— Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of separateness

Noun

Its strength lies in its capacity to evolve and find new ways to engage with the world around it, generation after generation, while retaining its distinctiveness.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Generally speaking, sports fans don’t bring up United States history when talking about their team’s big game, but that’s the distinctiveness of this rivalry.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of distinctiveness

Noun

Premium formats are creating a delta there, which addresses a peculiarity of this — uniform pricing.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
By contrast, modern proponents of the existence of a ninth planet focus their searches further out, looking instead to orbital peculiarities in smaller objects that occupy the distant reaches of the solar system.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of peculiarity

Noun

With exceptional performances from the entire cast and homages to musical legends like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, Bioh and White present a reflection of the Black female experience in all of its dazzling idiosyncrasies, triumphs and pains.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Two new books argue that this is the wrong debate to be having, since swing voters, with all their idiosyncrasies, don’t see politics through a lens of moderates versus progressives.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of idiosyncrasy

Noun

Lastly, the album has this theme of grappling with the nature of love and selfhood.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
The museum acquired thirteen works from the 2026 edition, which was curated by Ellie Buttrose and explored the effects of pressure on materials, selfhood and society.

— News Desk, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of selfhood

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