singledomn.
/ˈsɪŋɡldəm/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋɡ(ə)ldəm/ The state or condition of being unmarried or single; unmarried or single people collectively.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > state or condition of
singleness1560
single blessedness1600
unweddedness1830
singledom1851
1851 Western Lit. Mag. 188 Misanthropic woman-despisers, and dwellers in the gloomy and desolate realms of singledom.
1894 Manitoba Morning Free Press 4 Apr. 2/4 A number of our young people are leaving the ranks of singledom and joining the noble army of benedicts.
1926 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 5 Feb. 12/1 They are no sooner bound matrimonially than they yearn again for singledom, and..soon their wives likewise long for single life.
1984 D. A. Schulz Human Sexuality viii. 168 What is new in singledom is the widespread acceptance of nonmarital..sexual relationships and the growing infrastructure supporting such relationships.
2004 Flare (Electronic ed.) Mar. 108 Can he cope with your mood swings?.. If he can't, it may be time to check back into singledom.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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