allness

noun

all·​ness

ˈȯlnə̇s

plural -es

sometimes capitalized

: the quality or state of being complete or universal

to learn it not in a specialized way but … in its relation to the allness of things

—D. C. Peattie

he seemed at the center of the vast allness

—Irwin Edman

: totality, completeness, universality

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1652, in the meaning defined above

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