againness

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noun

The quality of being or happening again; repetition.

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Meanings

nounagainness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being or happening again; repetition.

    The quote suggests that enactment becomes recognized as reenactment, recognized as a matter of againness, through explicit theatricality.

    2011, Rebecca Schneider, Reenactment, page 50
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    Only on the hypothesis that what is learnt in one generation is remembered by the next, can there be any feeling of againness or of expectancy.

    1922, The British journal of psychology: Volume 12

Origin

From again + -ness.

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APA

againness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/againness

MLA

“againness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/againness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “againness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/againness.

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