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affectionlessness

noun

Etymology

From affectionless + -ness.

  1. derived from affectiōnem
  2. derived from affection
  3. inherited from affection
  4. suffixed as affectionless — “affection + less”
  5. suffixed as affectionlessness — “affectionless + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality, state, or condition of being affectionless.

    • As was suggested at an earlier point, the most obvious use to which the historian might put the undoubted rise in suits at law in Tudor and Stuart England is as evidence of the general affectionlessness of human relationships at that time.

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