sedentarinessn.
/ˈsɛdəntərɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being sedentary.
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sedentariness1671
1671 L. Addison W. Barbary 113 Those that live in great Towns..are enclined to paleness, which may be imputed to their sedentariness, or want of motion.
c1740 Cole in Etoniana iv. 76 The sedentariness of a scholar.
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 66 Ratifying and trebling the ruinous effects of this sedentariness.
1898 E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics i. 46 With the beginning of agriculture and sedentariness this relation is reversed.
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