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oneness

oneness

15 6.5
A feeling of being one with others or the world
  • noun
  • /ˈwʌn.nəs/
translation icon : unidad
  • "I want people to experience, as they walk in, a sense of oneness, inclusiveness, and connectiveness.
  • feeling of oneness
  • sense of oneness
  • absolute oneness

And that sense of oneness is love.

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Examples

  • In sum, the Oneness of God, tawhid, is absolutely essential in both the Christian and Islamic faith traditions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • And that was an overwhelming sense of oneness, of connectedness.

  • And that sense of oneness is love.

  • For others it is being in the deep felt connection, the oneness with all life in nature.

  • Then you see that you yourself are part of the oneness of all things.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And it is time to realize that oneness and have faith and love for it now!

    Blog text (8)
  • So we may feel a sense of oneness, a sense of connectedness.

  • The soul is a living entity which is maturing in the oneness of the universe.

  • The presence of his spirit in us is our wildness, our oneness with the wilderness of Creation.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Standing in that auditorium, I was moved by a feeling of oneness with these people.

Synonyms

unity
vsoneness
217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

covers the basic idea of being one without implying harmony or agreement
entirety
vsoneness
68 4.1

The whole of something that includes every part

focuses on unity of being one rather than including all parts
totality
vsoneness
32 6.5

All the parts of something considered together

is concerned with being one unified whole rather than total amount
wholeness
vsoneness
5 3.9

A feeling of being complete and not missing anything in life

focuses on being joined together rather than on lack of damage
unicity
vsoneness
9.6

Being one whole with no separate parts

emphasizes general unity and wholeness rather than strict singular identity
unitariness
vsoneness
9.3

Being a single whole thing rather than separate parts

stresses the quality of togetherness and whole state rather than formation
unitedness
vsoneness
7.0

A feeling of being joined and acting together as one group

is the broader idea of being one, not only joint action
indivisibility
vsoneness
6.8

Cannot be separated into parts, for example rights or groups

is about overall unity and wholeness rather than impossibility of division
entireness
vsoneness
7.1

A state of being whole and complete

relates to unity or wholeness rather than full extent or amount

Antonyms

107 2.9

The process of making something into parts or equal parts in math

Breaking something into small pieces, often by force

How United

oneness
15 6.5
cohesion
  • Specialized
5 5.5
disunity
4 6.4
separation
89 2.6

Surface Forms

oneness singular
onenesses plural

Morphology

oneness = one (transparent) = one + ness

The word clearly combines 'one' with the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to mean the state or quality of being one.

Etymology

Oneness comes from the simple number one plus the ending -ness, which means 'a state or quality'. You see -ness in words like kindness and happiness, so oneness is the 'state of being one' and is used for unity or wholeness.