oneness

[ wuhn-nis ]

noun

1. the quality of being one; singleness.
2. uniqueness.
3. sameness; identity.
4. unity of thought, feeling, belief, aim, etc.; agreement; concord.
5. a strong feeling of closeness or affinity; union:

   He feels a oneness with God.

oneness

/ ˈwʌnnɪs /

noun

1. the state or quality of being one; singleness
2. the state of being united; agreement
3. uniqueness
4. sameness

Word History and Origins

Origin of oneness¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English onnesse; Old English ānnes; one, -ness

Example Sentences

Mystical type experiences, or feelings of unity and oneness with the world, for example, are associated with decreases in depression and anxiety.

From Singularity Hub 

The oneness is also integral to the paintings’ defining idea.

From Washington Post

By that I don’t mean I’m mulling over the great oneness of all living things.

From Popular-Science

The very thing in her that had shut her out was the thing drawing them into that oneness, that many in one.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the latter the oneness of the community did not exist over and against the individuals who composed it but entirely in them.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, too, there is grandeur in the coming together of a multitude to worship in oneness of spirit.

From Project Gutenberg

Consider also the boy's love of paraphernalia and all the tokens of achievement or of oneness with his group.

From Project Gutenberg

Nay—but no league at all; only two liege men speaking truth; therefore the oneness of speech.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• individuality
• unanimity
• wholeness