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boundedness

boundedness

9.4
A condition of being limited in size or amount
  • noun
  • /ˈbaʊndɪdnəs/
translation icon : limitación
  • The boundedness of a child's attention span can affect how they learn new concepts.
  • boundedness of identity

Now, the fact that we have this experience of the world that has the single thread of time and computational boundedness.

Examples

  • The borderless nature of capital is, in other words, difficult to reconcile with the geographic boundedness of nation-states.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Boundedness is at the very heart of the concepts of sovereignty and self-determination.

    Academic text (2004)
  • But I also want to argue that there is a boundedness to cultural identities.

    Academic text (1997)
  • So boundedness does not mean boundary, it means boundedness, finiteness in some sense, right?

  • Here, it is not the boundedness of space or place that gives meaning to everyday life, but the nature of mediated interaction itself.

    Academic text (2010)
  • That is, there are bio-lived relations that constitute our identities, which is why there is also a boundedness to cultural identities.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Bierman argues that writing also functioned in medieval cultures to establish the "boundedness" of group identity.

    Academic text (2008)
  • On one side, rapid globalization in this period undercut the "boundedness" of states, which, as one author wrote, is "at the very heart of the concepts of sovereignty and self-determination."

    Academic text (2004)
  • For much of the early twentieth century, the region's integration into a capitalist market was limited yet growing, and the borders between private and public property were fuzzy, despite the rhetoric of boundedness.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Such a claim reinscribes assumptions of boundedness, which the anthropological critique of locality and colonialism has long sought to destabilize.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

limitation
vsboundedness
167 3.3

A condition that stops a person or thing from doing more

is the general condition of restriction rather than a particular constraint
finitude
vsboundedness
1 9.9

The fact that something has limits or an end

is the wider condition of restriction rather than focus on an end
narrowness
vsboundedness
1 4.3

A limited range of ideas, knowledge, or choices

is the broader idea of restriction rather than a tight range
finiteness
vsboundedness
1 8.0

The state of having limits in size, amount, or time

is the general quality of being restricted rather than a strict end
limitedness
vsboundedness
7.0

A state when there is only a small amount or range of something

is the broader condition of being restricted rather than measurable ends

Antonyms

A state of having no limits or end

How Limited

confinement
80 5.9
restriction
340 3.0
constraint
22 4.6
boundedness
9.4

Surface Forms

boundedness singular
boundednesses plural

Morphology

boundedness = bounded (transparent) = bound + ed + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clearly derived adjective 'bounded' (bound + -ed), so the immediate step is straightforward.

Etymology

Boundedness comes from bound meaning 'limit' or 'edge' and the ending -ness that makes a noun for a 'state' or 'quality'. So boundedness is the 'state of having limits', which is why we use it for things that are limited or not infinite.