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we-ness, n.|ˈwiːnɪs, ˈwiːnəs|
Also weness.
[f. we pron. + -ness.]
= us-ness n.
1920M. Johnston Michael Forth vi. 61 Suddenly, again, as in the swing, Miriam and I flow into one. The ‘she’ and ‘I’, the ‘twoness’, come into ‘weness’. But the ‘weness’ itself—and that is the increase— springs into a new ‘Iness’. 1962Language & Speech V. 235 Inasmuch as a restricted code is generated by the sense of ‘we-ness’ then at the point where a speaker is giving reasons or making suggestions the form of the social relationship undergoes a subtle change. 1976Woman's World (U.S.) Nov. 240/2 Be sure to maintain a mutually acceptable balance of I-ness and we-ness. |