Meanings
- The property of being sedentary.
- uncountableThe habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
Near-synonym: sedentarism (usually synonymous)
1 more example
But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICESynonyms: sedentarism · Antonyms: activeness, activity, hustle, busyness, exercise
- uncountableThe state of being mostly or entirely motionless, stationary.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
Origin
Translations
Spanish sedentariedad
- sedentariedadsedentarism
Cite this entry
sedentariness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedentariness
“sedentariness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedentariness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sedentariness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedentariness.
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