oneness

[ wuhn-nis ]

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noun

the quality of being one; singleness.
uniqueness.

sameness; identity.
unity of thought, feeling, belief, aim, etc.; agreement; concord.
a strong feeling of closeness or affinity; union: He feels a oneness with God.

Origin of oneness

First recorded before 900; Middle English onnesse;Old English ānnes;see one, -ness

Words Nearby oneness

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How to use oneness in a sentence

Mystical type experiences, or feelings of unity and oneness with the world, for example, are associated with decreases in depression and anxiety.
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The oneness is also integral to the paintings’ defining idea.
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By that I don’t mean I’m mulling over the great oneness of all living things.
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The very thing in her that had shut her out was the thing drawing them into that oneness, that many in one.
Fidelity | Susan Glaspell
Among the latter the oneness of the community did not exist over and against the individuals who composed it but entirely in them.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park

Then, too, there is grandeur in the coming together of a multitude to worship in oneness of spirit.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
Consider also the boy's love of paraphernalia and all the tokens of achievement or of oneness with his group.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan Hoben
Nay—but no league at all; only two liege men speaking truth; therefore the oneness of speech.
The Royal Pawn of Venice | Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

British Dictionary definitions for oneness

oneness

/ (ˈwʌnnɪs) /

noun

the state or quality of being one; singleness
the state of being united; agreement

uniqueness
sameness

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