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单词 unlovingness
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unlovingnessn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌvɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈləvɪŋnᵻs/
Forms: see unloving adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unloving adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < unloving adj. + -ness suffix, after lovingness n.
The condition or quality of being unloving; lack of love or affection.
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the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > want of love
unlovinga1533
unlovingness1598
lovelessness1852
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disamoreuolezza, vnkindnes, vnlouingness.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 193 A kind of heate and unlovingnesse against the doer of them.
a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor ii. iii. 34 in Five New Playes (1659) Unlovingness of nature; Forgetfulness in blood.
1840 L. Hunt Seer i. 83/2 To continue to love every thing which unlovingness has not had a hand in altering.
1868 E. B. Pusey Serm. Pharisaism 7 His lack of humility engendered his unlovingness.
1951 R. Holt in E. S. Shneidman et al. Thematic Test Anal. x. 112 What a monstrous mother I had,..as horrible in her unlovingness as this one is in looks.
2009 Irish News (Nexis) 15 Sept. 2 Young people who through the accident of birth experience a childhood of neglect, of brutality and of unlovingness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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