roommateness

English

Etymology

From roommate +‎ -ness.

Noun

roommateness (uncountable)

  1. The state of individuals being or acting like roommates.
    • 1961, Theodore M[ead] Newcomb, The Acquaintance Process, New York, N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, page 210:
      The significance of roommateness, for our purposes, is of two kinds. First, it is likely that roommates will become more rapidly acquainted with each other, during the earliest days, than with most of the other men.
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