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oneness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being one or undivided; unity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The product of being one or undivided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of being united into one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: identity, identicalness, indistinguishability

History

Etymology

From Middle English oonnesse, onnesse, from Old English ānnes (“oneness, unity, agreement, covenant, solitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainnassī (“oneness”), equivalent to one + -ness. Cognate with Old High German einnissī, einnissa (“unity, oneness”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: njëjësi — state of being undivided
  • Southern Altai: бирлик (birlik) — state of being undivided
  • Arabic: وَحْدَانِيَّة (waḥdāniyya) — state of being undivided
  • Arabic: وحدَة — state of being undivided
  • Bulgarian: еди́нство (edínstvo) — state of being undivided
  • Bulgarian: цялост (cjalost) — state of being undivided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統一性 /统一性 (tǒngyīxìng) — state of being undivided
  • Czech: jednota — state of being undivided
  • Dutch: eenheid — state of being undivided
  • Finnish: ykseys — state of being undivided
  • French: unité — state of being undivided
  • Georgian: ერთადერთობა (ertadertoba) — state of being undivided
  • Georgian: ერთობა (ertoba) — state of being undivided
  • German: Einheit — state of being undivided
  • Ancient Greek: ἕνωσις (hénōsis) — state of being undivided
  • Hindi: एकता (ektā) — state of being undivided
  • Hindi: एका (ekā) — state of being undivided
  • Japanese: 一体性 (ittaisei) — state of being undivided
  • Latin: ūnitās — state of being undivided
  • Macedonian: е́динство (édinstvo) — state of being undivided
  • Middle English: onnesse — state of being undivided
  • Portuguese: unidade — state of being undivided
  • Portuguese: unicidade — state of being undivided
  • Romanian: unitate — state of being undivided
  • Russian: еди́нство (jedínstvo) — state of being undivided
  • Serbo-Croatian: јединство — state of being undivided
  • Serbo-Croatian: jedinstvo — state of being undivided
  • Spanish: unidad — state of being undivided
  • Swahili: umoja — state of being undivided
  • Turkish: birlik — state of being undivided
  • Welsh: undod — state of being undivided
  • Welsh: under — state of being undivided