Meanings
nounofficialness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being official.
For Canadian artists in particular, though, labouring in the chilly isolation that is our institutional culture, rejection has a numbing air of officialness.
2009 August 13, “Critics' choice”, in Toronto Star
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APA
officialness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialness
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“officialness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “officialness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/officialness.
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