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singleness

singleness

1 3.7
Not being married or in a romantic relationship
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪŋɡlɪnəs/
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  • During a time of singleness, he learned to appreciate his own company and hobbies.

I got the impression that you didn't want a relationship, that you enjoyed singleness too much to let it go.

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Examples

  • Though it can feel like that season of singleness will never end, it will.

    Blog text (31)

  • I got the impression that you didn't want a relationship, that you enjoyed singleness too much to let it go.

    Stephan Speaks

  • For others, singleness is ideal.

    Blog text (17)

  • Some are called to marriage, and some to lifelong singleness.

    Blog text (25)

  • I am single, but I am enjoying my sacred singleness until God determines otherwise.

    Blog text (20)

  • Also, God calls us to enjoy and rejoice in our singleness.

    Blog text (24)

  • Emerson had withdrawn to a ministry addressed to individuals in their singleness, not in their affiliated social state.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Wouldn't families bring it up if there was an eight-week series on the joys of singleness?

    Blog text (19)

  • How ironic—Muriel worrying about my singleness, while I fret about her marriage.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Many people find comfort in their singleness, enjoying personal freedom and self-discovery.

Synonyms

singlehood
vssingleness
1 5.1

Not being married or having a romantic partner

includes absence of marriage and romantic relationship rather than marriage only
nonmarriage
vssingleness
7.1

The state of not having a husband or wife

covers both marriage absence and lack of romantic partnership not marriage alone

Antonyms

married
∞ 1.0

Having a husband or wife

coupled
3.5

Two items joined together physically, like vehicles or parts used as a pair

Surface Forms

singleness singular
singlenesses plural

Morphology

singleness = single (transparent) = single + ness

Standard nominalization: 'single' (unmarried/not in a relationship) + '-ness' to denote the state or condition.

Etymology

Singleness comes from single 'one' plus the ending -ness, and it simply names the state of being 'one' person, not in a pair. That is why it means not married or not in a romantic relationship, often with a feeling of independence.