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toˈgetherness
[f. together adv. + -ness.]
a. The state or condition of being together or being united; union, association.
1656[? J. Sergeant] tr. T. White's Peripat. Inst. 302 This togetherness must not be referr'd to the time but to the way of knowledge. 1892Monist II. 218 Even if the link is a feeling it cannot be less than a feeling of the togetherness of two other feelings. 1909R. Barclay Rosary xv. 156 Having been apart for a little while seemed to make this curious feeling of ‘togetherness’ deeper and sweeter than ever. 1912[see compresence]. 1920A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God 354 Our primitive and basal experience of time is thus characterized by a togetherness of parts or elements. 1953E. L. Mascall Corpus Christi iii. 57 Assuming that the corporateness of the liturgy is produced by a merely geographical togetherness of the worshippers. 1966J. Porter Sour Cream ix. 123 ‘I thought I'd take Katia out somewhere.’ ‘How about making up a foursome?’ This blasted Russian passion for togetherness! 1971Sci. Amer. May 105/3 Bullheads often form a dense community, composed of hundreds of individuals, that is based not on a hierarchy or a collection of territories but on close togetherness, with the members swimming freely and peacefully throughout the pond.
b. The fact of getting on well together or being well suited to one another; a sense of belonging together, fellowship.
1930D. H. Lawrence A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover 58 Class-hate and class-consciousness are only a sign that the old togetherness, the old blood-warmth has collapsed. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Nov. 925/3 Characters..must also be real in relation to each other... The personages of Tourneur have this togetherness. 1941Auden New Year Let. 34 O cruel intellect that chills His natural warmth until it kills The roots of all togetherness! 1952C. Bardsley Bishop's Move vi. 74, I wish I saw more of this ‘togetherness’ in church congregations. 1963Economist 9 Mar. 876/2 The new togetherness [in the Ministry of Defence] is unlikely to mean that..controversies..will disappear. 1972M. Williams Inside Number 10 xiv. 352 So there we had social class divisions within the organization itself, so one can imagine how much ‘togetherness’ that encouraged. 1981G. Clare Last Waltz in Vienna ii. 126 What mattered to me was the ideal of scouting, one for all and all for one, the togetherness in a good and just cause. |