singlehood

[ sing-guhl-hood ]

noun

1. the status of being unmarried.

Word History and Origins

Origin of singlehood¹

First recorded in 1830–40; single + -hood

Example Sentences

As I show in my book “Minimizing Marriage,” people have many different political or ethical reasons for preferring singlehood.

From No Straight News

Yet as with Latino immigration, the trend toward singlehood is unlikely to continue unabated.

From The Daily Beast