primariness

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English

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Etymology

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From primary +‎ -ness.

Noun

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primariness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, act, or intention.
    • 1693, John Norris, Reason and Religion:
      there is difference as to the Necessity of the Determination, as well as to the Primariness of it

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References

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primariness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.