oneness C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ˈwʌnnəs/ UK /ˈwʌnnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the state of being unified, whole, or in complete harmony Meditation gave her a deep sense of oneness with the natural world. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being unified,... unitywholenessunisonharmonyintegritysinglenessunion ↔ Opposites divisiondisunitymultiplicityfragmentationseparateness Word family Related forms oneonlyaloneatone Etymology AI details From Old English 'annes', from 'an' ('one') plus '-ness'; the spelling was later remodeled on 'one'. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. an Old English *ainaz Proto-Germanic *óynos Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # oneness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwʌnnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwʌnnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the state of being unified, whole, or in complete harmony ## Examples - Meditation gave her a deep sense of oneness with the natural world. ## Synonyms - unity - wholeness - unison - harmony - integrity - singleness - union ## Antonyms - division - disunity - multiplicity - fragmentation - separateness ## Related Forms - one - only - alone - atone ## Roots and Affixes - Root: an - Root: *ainaz - Root: *óynos ## Etymology From Old English 'annes', from 'an' ('one') plus '-ness'; the spelling was later remodeled on 'one'. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. ## AI Etymology Oneness is from Old English 'annes', from 'an' ('one') plus '-ness'; the spelling was later remodeled on 'one'. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Important recorded forms include an (Old English), *ainaz (Proto-Germanic), and *óynos (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the ending or combining element turns the older base into the present English part of speech. The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the state of being unified, whole, or in complete harmony. The wider family includes related words such as one, only, alone, and atone. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown