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connectedness
[ kuh-nek-tid-nis ]
noun
- the fact of being or feeling socially, emotionally, spiritually, or professionally linked with others or with another, or the robustness of such relationships:
There's something about sharing stories as a group that builds a sense of connectedness.
“Social capital” is the connectedness, trust, and reciprocity in a community that gives it the capacity for collective action.
- the fact of being characterized by links of any kind between people or things:
In an era of connectedness, when information flows so fluidly, competition can and will come from many places.
Word History and Origins
Origin of connectedness1
Example Sentences
It is about opening your mind to possibilities and connectedness to something else, bigger, maybe even the uncanny.
“I think one of the things that makes them so likable is their connectedness to each other, which you can really see in moments like these.”
"There should be no doubt that my love for Greenland and my connectedness to the people of Greenland are intact."
It doesn't follow, however, that such people have given up on "connectedness and interdependency and mutual reliance," as Coleman told NPR.
She gives the following examples: Stoicism over vulnerability, cognition over emotion, autonomy over connectedness, and money over people.
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