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wholeness

wholeness

5 3.9
A feeling of being complete and not missing anything in life
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊlnəs/
translation icon : totalidad
  • Philosophy is, first of all, concerned with understanding the unity of everything, the wholeness of the universe.
  • wholeness and harmony
  • undivided wholeness
  • sense of wholeness

David Bohm, the physicist, he called it all undivided wholeness in flowing motion.

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Examples

  • I think we're all born with an inherent wholeness.

  • And in its wholeness, it has unity and strength and value in the world.

  • And never be seeking that wholeness in another person.

  • And now we are creating from wholeness instead of from lack or separation.

  • How will we be able to recognize that we are well on the way toward wholeness?

    Academic text (2012)
  • The piece of history presented within the narrative has a sense of wholeness and resolution.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Good mental health is when a person feels a sense of wholeness and completeness within themselves.

  • So I decided to cultivate those qualities inside myself to find some sense of wholeness and balance.

  • There are people who report that in transcendental states they are experiencing a source of love and wholeness and goodness.

  • Good mental health is when a person feels a sense of wholeness and completeness within themselves.

Synonyms

unity
vswholeness
217 2.8

People or parts joined and acting as one

stresses having all parts together and nothing missing or broken instead
integrity
vswholeness
132 4.4

Being whole and not broken, for example in a building or file

emphasizes that nothing is missing or broken rather than just condition
entirety
vswholeness
68 4.1

The whole of something that includes every part

focuses on being undivided and not physically broken instead
totality
vswholeness
32 6.5

All the parts of something considered together

carries sense of undivided condition with nothing missing or broken
oneness
vswholeness
15 6.5

A feeling of being one with others or the world

focuses on having nothing missing or broken rather than singularity alone
completeness
vswholeness
7 4.2

The state of having everything needed

focuses on parts being joined and undamaged rather than only presence
intactness
vswholeness
1 6.1

The state of being whole and not damaged

emphasizes no parts are missing and no division rather than damage
entireness
vswholeness
7.1

A state of being whole and complete

highlights joining of parts and absence of damage rather than extent
integrality
vswholeness
9.1

A state when something is whole and has all its parts

stresses undivided condition and no missing or broken parts instead
unicity
vswholeness
9.6

Being one whole with no separate parts

highlights having all parts present with no missing or broken elements instead

Antonyms

Breaking something into small pieces, often by force

A state where something has missing parts or information

How Whole

wholeness
5 3.9
integrity
132 4.4
completeness
7 4.2

Surface Forms

wholeness singular
wholenesses plural

Morphology

wholeness = whole (transparent) = whole + ness

Direct nominalization of 'whole' yielding the meaning 'the quality or state of being whole', which learners can infer from the base.

Etymology

The word wholeness comes from the old English root hal, which meant 'whole' or 'healthy', and it is the same idea behind the simple word whole. That is why wholeness means being complete, not divided, with nothing missing.