twinness
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- noun
- /ˈtwɪnəs/
- Many people find the twinness of the two paintings striking, as they closely resemble each other.
- ever-present twinness
Examples
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The identical sisters embraced their twinness as they celebrated their shared birthday.
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Next to her, his mirror image, but a woman, he feels his own blustering masculinity even more strongly; the difference, inescapable, between his twinness and hers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Our twinness is not the center of our comedy.
Blog text (8) -
She told me I should respect their twinness and got to make all other decisions with my wife.
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I contemplated our untwin-like twinness obsessively as a child.
Fiction book (1997) -
For Peek, twinness is often the intended representation in images termed couples, pairs, doubles, or dyads in African arts.
Academic text (2008) -
The twins' twinness is evident in their matching outfits and similar mannerisms.
Synonyms
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A likeness in how two people or things look
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A close bond between two people born at the same time to the same mother
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The state of being exactly the same in every way
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The fact of being similar in how something looks or behaves
People or things that seem very similar to each other
Antonyms
How Twin-like
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Twinness comes from the simple English word twin, which comes from an old word for two meaning 'double' or 'born together'. So, twinness is the 'two-ness' or the quality of being like a twin, which is why we use it for people who look or act very similar.