Meanings
nounchosenness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being chosen.
“How scary is it, in a culture of chosenness, to be the anointed king who’s rejected?”
2009 May 2, Samuel G. Freedman, “In ‘Kings,’ Television Tackles the Conflicted Saul”, in New York TimesSynonyms: selectness, election
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being chosen.
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Esperanto elektiteco
- elektitecoquality of being chosen
German Auserwähltheit
- Auserwähltheitquality of being chosen
Hebrew בחירת
- בחירתquality of being chosen
Spanish elegido, elegida
- elegidoquality of being chosen
- elegidaquality of being chosen
- seleccionadoquality of being chosen
- seleccionadaquality of being chosen
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chosenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosenness
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“chosenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosenness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chosenness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chosenness.
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