Enclosedness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enclosedness is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.
Meaning
The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries.
Example Sentences
I was thinking about the moment when that enclosedness, which can be protective, tips over into something menacing and unpleasant.
We must ask, first, whether our privacy — call it our distance or enclosedness or unknowability with respect to others — is elected or inevitable.
Maggie was always single, always withheld. . . . It was during this winter that Ursula suffered and enjoyed most keenly Maggie's fundamental sadness of enclosedness.
Synonyms for enclosedness
Depending on context, synonyms include boundedness, finity, finitude, finiteness, limitedness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confinedness, boundedness, confiningness, boundness, confination, constrainedness.
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