awayness
Noun
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Noun
awayness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.
- 1942, Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead, Balinese character, a photographic analysis:
- These periods of awayness are not followed by manifestations of fatigue, and are usually terminated by a sudden [...]
- 2006, Jill B. R. Cherneff, Eve Hochwald, Visionary observers: anthropological inquiry and education:
- Potentially, “awayness” is a messy category for analyzing a people's behavior.
- 1942, Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead, Balinese character, a photographic analysis:
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