connectedness
Americannoun
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the fact of being or feeling socially, emotionally, spiritually, or professionally linked with others or with another, or the robustness of such relationships.
There's something about sharing stories as a group that builds a sense of connectedness.
“Social capital” is the connectedness, trust, and reciprocity in a community that gives it the capacity for collective action.
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the fact of being characterized by links of any kind between people or things.
In an era of connectedness, when information flows so fluidly, competition can and will come from many places.
Etymology
Origin of connectedness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Berry is also drawn to continuity and coherence: His writing conjures the connectedness and simple moral clarity that the people of Port William imperfectly aspire to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The researchers added: “There is a strong positive association of social isolation and loneliness with depression from youth to older adulthood. Further, higher social connectedness is protective towards depressive symptoms and disorders.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025
It is about opening your mind to possibilities and connectedness to something else, bigger, maybe even the uncanny.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
“I think one of the things that makes them so likable is their connectedness to each other, which you can really see in moments like these.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
There was something comforting in those subjects, a connectedness with the past that was soothing when the present was so bad and the future so terrifying.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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