Meaning

2 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being whole.

    Ganzheit, Ganzheitlichkeit, Vollständigkeit

    це́лостностьcélostnostʹ, це́льностьcélʹnostʹ

  2. (uncountable, usually)The entirety, the whole thing as opposed to part.

More definitions
  • a state of robust good health
  • an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Wholeness is the opposite of duality.

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  2. Religious people may like the article "Holiness and Wholeness: Toward a Holistic Christian Spirituality in the Korean Syncretic Context."

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
quality of being whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality of being whole:

Origin

From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to

From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness.

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Forms

plural: wholenesses
Singularwholeness

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
wholeB1entirety
Close in meaning
  • a state of robust good health:haleness
  • an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting:integrityunity

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwhole

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wholeA2wholeheartedlywholemealwholesale
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