1. The state of being several and distinct
   - discreteness, distinctness, severalty 
2. Political independence
   "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan" 
3. The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
   - otherness, distinctness

Derived forms: separatenesses

See also: other, separate

Type of: difference, independence, independency, separation

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