shelteredness
Condition of safety
Shelteredness is the state of being protected from hardship, danger, or unpleasant realities.
It typically describes someone's upbringing or life experience, often with a slightly critical edge suggesting naivety or inexperience with the wider world.
Her shelteredness became obvious when she encountered poverty for the first time.
The word implies that such protection, while perhaps well-intentioned, may leave a person unprepared for life's difficulties.
Freedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
ignorance · greenness · impressionability · credulity · childlikeness · trustfulness · unawareness · guilelessness
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- reclusivenessState of avoiding society
confinement · cloistered · sequestered · hermitage · privacy · aloofness · segregation · monasticism
Protected sacred space
- refugePlace of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- strongholdFortified place of defense
bastion · safeguard · guardian · defender · shielding · barricade · bulwark · fortification
Comfortable warm intimacy
- warmthHeat you feel
- snugnessComfortable tightness or warmth
- nestledSettled into a sheltered position
- cushionedMade softer or gentler
homeliness · softness · ease · contentment · serenity · tranquility · peacefulness · restfulness
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
unsophistication · ignorance · greenness · impressionability · credulity · childlikeness · trustfulness · unawareness · guilelessness · artlessness
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
reclusiveness · confinement · cloistered · sequestered · hermitage · privacy · aloofness · segregation · monasticism · enclosed
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
stronghold · bastion · safeguard · guardian · defender · shielding · barricade · bulwark · fortification · rampart
coziness
Comfortable warm intimacy
cushioned · homeliness · softness · ease · contentment · serenity · tranquility · peacefulness · restfulness · soothing
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
shelterednessvulnerability
Openness to harm
exposure · danger · endangerment · peril · risk
shelterednessworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
exposure · street smarts · seasoning · sophistication · jadedness
shelter, sheltered, shelters, sheltering, unsheltered, shelterer, shelterless