wholeness

[ hohl-nis ]

noun

1. soundness, health, or well-being in body, mind, soul, or spirit:

   Shalom is a sense of contentment, wholeness, and harmony.

2. the state or condition of being not broken, injured, or damaged; intact condition:

   It may help to maintain the durability and wholeness of your roof if you have an expert roofing contractor look at it every few years.

3. the state of including the full amount or extent of something, or all parts of something, with nothing missing:

   In this beautiful 18-karat rose-gold ring, the flower appears in all its wholeness, with stem, leaf, and blossom.

4. the state or condition of being in one piece, without separation of parts:

   Recognizing event, author, text, and reader, we see the narrative work in all its indivisible wholeness, while also understanding the diverse elements that make it up.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wholeness¹

First recorded before 1000; whole ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

Cancro preaches embracing wholeness — in other words, health, happiness and belonging — while on the road.

From Los Angeles Times

There are all of these things that are telling us to to look outward for that wholeness when I think it should be inward.

From Los Angeles Times

“Full” Asians like myself were always aspiring for a whiteness we could never attain, but the more I talk to my multiracial Asian friends, I realize that they were always reaching for wholeness and falling short as well.

From Salon

A robust employee engagement program should celebrate the “wholeness” of who they are,” said Melissa MacDonnell, head of the Liberty Mutual Foundation.

From Seattle Times

He saw it for the first time from a far perspective, embracing its wholeness.

From Literature