Meaning of Awayness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It was the awayness of it that first attracted me to the place⟳. The vast awayness from what I had called home up till the time I first stayed there — that was what made me decide⟳ to settle⟳ for good at Miss⟳ Carruthers's.”

“These periods of awayness are not followed by manifestations of fatigue, and are usually terminated by a sudden [...]”

“They describe⟳ the trances of the balian or seer of the village they studied most exhaustively as beginning with such "awayness," then passing into a period when "the seer exhibits emotions never otherwise expressed except on the stage⟳ [...]”

“Clearly then, two separate⟳ spaces, the countries of origin — the Caribbean — and the countries to which they have⟳ migrated — England, Canada, the United States — become⟳ the figural polarities linking together the condition of awayness, [...]”

“Potentially, “awayness” is a messy category for analyzing a people's behavior.”

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