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settledness

settledness

7.4
A calm feeling of living in one place and being safe
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛtəldnəs/
translation icon : estabilidad
  • He appreciated the settledness of his routine after a chaotic year filled with changes.

Examples

  • The church has been unmoored and should joyfully take leave of the settledness of Constantinian social arrangements that gave it privilege and power.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The settledness of her thoughts allowed her to make clearer decisions about her future.

  • A settledness that I'd never known with any man.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She nodded, smiled, with a clear direct look into my eyes, and took her place at the table with that quietness of being, the settledness of her that I find so alluring.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • After years of moving around, I finally found a settledness in this community that feels like home.

Synonyms

inhabitancy
vssettledness
1 7.8

The state of living permanently in a place

is broader, meaning being fixed or established in place or condition
inhabitation
vssettledness
1 6.6

Living in a place as a permanent home

is broader, covering being settled or established in many senses
inhabitance
vssettledness
6.0

Living in a place

is broader, referring to being fixed or established beyond just living there

Antonyms

A time of changeable weather with sudden rain and wind

How Settled

rootedness
1 6.2
settledness
7.4
instability
114 5.1
transience
2 8.1

Surface Forms

settledness singular
settlednesses plural

Morphology

settledness = settled (transparent) = settle + ed + ness

Formed from the adjective 'settled' with the noun-forming suffix '-ness', directly denoting the state or quality of being settled.

Etymology

Settledness comes from the verb settle and the ending -ness, and settle once meant 'to make sit' or 'put in place', much like the simple words seat and settlement. So settledness is the calm, fixed state or feeling of being at home or in one place.