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beˈlongingness
[f. belonging vbl. n. + -ness.]
†1. The state of having the properties appropriate to something. Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Radicality, the belongingness of a thing to a root. Ibid., Seminality..a belongingness to seed.
2. [Cf. G. zugehörigkeit.] The state or condition of belonging.
1931E. L. Thorndike Human Learning ii. 23 With only a fourth as many repetitions the greater belongingness results in..nearly twice as many correct responses. 1938E. Leen Why the Cross? ix. 355 By the holocaust man signified to God his utter ‘belongingness’ to Him. 1951D. Riesman in A. W. Loos Relig. Faith & World Culture 69 We must skeptically question the demands for greater social participation and belongingness among the group-minded. 1957W. H. Whyte Organization Man 7 A belief in ‘belongingness’ as the ultimate need of the individual. |