单词 | we-ness |
释义 | we-nessn. = us-ness n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] onehead1340 alliance?a1400 union?a1425 union?1435 allya1445 alliage1450 allyc1450 association1535 sociation1579 combination1593 confederacy1594 adhesion1614 coalescency1645 togetherness1656 compendance1658 junction1783 affiliation1791 confederateship1837 allyship1849 solidification1891 togetherhood1896 we-ness1920 us-ness1927 1920 M. 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’. 1962 Language & 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. 1976 Woman's World (N.Y.) Nov. 240/2 Be sure to maintain a mutually acceptable balance of I-ness and we-ness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1920 |
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