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单词 we-ness
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we-nessn.

Brit. /ˈwiːnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwinᵻs/
Forms: Also weness.
Etymology: < we pron., n., and adj. + -ness suffix.
= us-ness n.
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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).
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