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INTERCONNECTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interconnectedness mean?
• INTERCONNECTEDNESS (noun)
The noun INTERCONNECTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a state of being connected reciprocally
Familiarity information: INTERCONNECTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of being connected reciprocally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
interconnectedness; interconnection
Context example:
an interconnection between the two buildings
Hypernyms ("interconnectedness" is a kind of...):
connectedness; connection; link (the state of being connected)
Derivation:
interconnected (operating as a unit)
interconnected (reciprocally connected)
Context examples
The evolutionary tree of butterflies is a complete morass of interconnectedness, he said.
(Study reveals surprising amount of gene flow among butterfly species, National Science Foundation)
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