boundedness
- noun
- /ˈbaʊndɪdnəs/
- 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.
- Now, the fact that we have this experience of the world that has the single thread of time and computational boundedness.
Examples
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The borderless nature of capital is, in other words, difficult to reconcile with the geographic boundedness of nation-states.
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Boundedness is at the very heart of the concepts of sovereignty and self-determination.
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But I also want to argue that there is a boundedness to cultural identities.
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So boundedness does not mean boundary, it means boundedness, finiteness in some sense, right?
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Here, it is not the boundedness of space or place that gives meaning to everyday life, but the nature of mediated interaction itself.
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That is, there are bio-lived relations that constitute our identities, which is why there is also a boundedness to cultural identities.
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Bierman argues that writing also functioned in medieval cultures to establish the "boundedness" of group identity.
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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."
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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.
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Such a claim reinscribes assumptions of boundedness, which the anthropological critique of locality and colonialism has long sought to destabilize.
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Synonyms
A condition that stops a person or thing from doing more
The fact that something has limits or an end
A limited range of ideas, knowledge, or choices
The state of having limits in size, amount, or time
A state when there is only a small amount or range of something
Antonyms
How Limited
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.