nearliness

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

nearly +‎ -ness

Noun

nearliness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of nearly being something, or nearly reaching a point; incomplete state.
    • 2014, Mikko Tuhkanen, Leo Bersani: Queer Theory and Beyond‎:
      The beauty of the horizon's distant interstitial line in turn inaccurately replicates the beholding implied by Winnicottian nearliness.

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