at-homeness

noun

Of a person, a condition of being at home.

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Meanings

nounat-homeness (uncountable)

alternative athomeness

  1. uncountableOf a person, a condition of being at home.
  2. uncountableOf a person, an attachment to being at home.

    Places of most profound at-homeness generally reflect existential insideness […]

    2015, David Seamon, A Geography of the Lifeworld (Routledge Revivals): Movement, Rest and Encounter

Origin

From at home + -ness.

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APA

at-homeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at-homeness

MLA

“at-homeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at-homeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at-homeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at-homeness.

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