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aloneness

  • a word derived from alone.
    alone
    adjective
    separate, apart, or isolated from others.

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So this one was about some of the things that older women are facing: aloneness and loneliness and friendship and loss and family and healing.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

In a world filled with endless connections and constant communication, the relationship between loneliness and aloneness is not always clear.

From Science Daily Nov. 1, 2023

I had made peace with my aloneness after so many years, and I had even found pleasure in my independence.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2023

“I liked his aloneness in the tumultuous room, his concentration on the outsized beef bone at hand.”

From Washington Post Sep. 27, 2022

There is a kind of alchemy to it, when one human touches another and makes the aloneness less terrifying.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed