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CONNECTEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
Example:
there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
Synonyms:
connectedness; connection; connexion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("connectedness" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Attribute:
connected (joined or linked together)
unconnected (not joined or linked together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connectedness"):
series ((electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other)
alliance; bond (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest)
linkage (an associative relation)
communication (a connection allowing access between persons or places)
concatenation (the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc)
bridge (something resembling a bridge in form or function)
involvement (a connection of inclusion or containment)
relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)
relatedness (a particular manner of connectedness)
Antonym:
unconnectedness (the lack of a connection between things)
Derivation:
connected (stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer)
connected (wired together to an alarm system)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being connected
Example:
the connection between church and state is inescapable
Synonyms:
connectedness; connection; link
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("connectedness" is a kind of...):
unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "connectedness"):
contact (the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity)
concatenation (the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series)
interconnectedness; interconnection (a state of being connected reciprocally)
coherence; coherency; cohesion; cohesiveness (the state of cohering or sticking together)
Antonym:
disconnectedness (state of being disconnected)
Derivation:
connected (joined or linked together)
connected (being joined in close association)
