awayness


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awayness

(əˈweɪnəs)
n
the state of not being in a specific place
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.awayness - the state of being elsewhere than in particular place
absence - the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
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From this observation, I rather got a sense of loneliness and far- awayness; and for the first time, since the day I departed from my family, as during the voyage, as soon as that feeling emerged, the life on board was enough to suffocate it in an illusion of family intimacy.
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