Meanings
- uncountableThe condition of being stand-alone, independent or self-explanatory.
The first essential characteristic of a strategic decision is stand-aloneness, which means that the decision is independent of other decisions.
2019 October 31, Greg Githens, “How a Strategic Decision Differs From a Tactical Decision”, in Leading Strategic Initiatives2 more examples
It is precisely Falstaff's stand-aloneness which can make Shakespeare lift him out of the Lancastrian period and transport him to Elizabethan Windsor.
1998, William Shakespeare, edited by René Weis, Henry IV, part 2, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, Introduction, page 58The conventional wisdom tells us that in the world of mass magazines, so-called stand-alones are a thing of the past. Not so in the world of opinion journals, where stand-aloneness seems to be something of a necessary condition.
2005, Victor S. Navasky, A Matter of Opinion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
Origin
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stand-aloneness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stand-aloneness
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