apartness
State of isolation
Apartness is the state of being separate or distant from others.
The word suggests deliberate or felt separation rather than mere physical distance: She cultivated an apartness that kept colleagues at bay.
It can describe emotional detachment, social isolation, or the quality of standing apart from a group: There was an apartness about him that made intimacy difficult.
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- reclusivenessState of avoiding society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
hermitage · insularity · sequestration · aloofness · quarantine · confinement · remoteness · solitariness
Unfilled space between
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
chasm · interval · stretch · void · breadth · remove · farness · spacing
State of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- distanceSpace between two points
coldness · breach · rupture · disengagement · dissociation · severance · parting · breakup
Quality of being singular
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- identityWho someone is
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- singularityPoint where values explode
autonomy · independence · differentiation · self-reliance · originality · discreteness · particularity · distinctness
Barrier separating spaces
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
segmentation · demarcation · fracture · fissure · stratification · cleavage · disjunction · severance
solitude
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- reclusivenessState of avoiding society
withdrawal · hermitage · insularity · sequestration · aloofness · quarantine · confinement · remoteness · solitariness · exile
gap
Unfilled space between
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
- expanseUnbroken area of space
gulf · chasm · interval · stretch · void · breadth · remove · farness · spacing · remove
alienation
State of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
distance · coldness · breach · rupture · disengagement · dissociation · severance · parting · breakup · divorce
uniqueness
Quality of being singular
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
- identityWho someone is
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
singularity · autonomy · independence · differentiation · self-reliance · originality · discreteness · particularity · distinctness · otherness
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
dichotomy · segmentation · demarcation · fracture · fissure · stratification · cleavage · disjunction · severance · splitting
apartnesstogetherness
State of close connection
closeness · nearness · proximity · juxtaposition · adjacency
apartnesstogetherness
State of close connection
closeness · intimacy · connectedness · union · fellowship
apartnessbelonging
State of fitting in
inclusion · integration · membership · normality · participation
apart, apartment, separated, separation, separating, bipartisan, separateness, bipartite