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Definition of "fragmentariness" [frag•men•ta•ri•ness]

  • The quality of being fragmentary. (noun)

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Use "fragmentariness" in a sentence
  • "The marvellous self-containment of the scene comes across not only, somewhat paradoxically, in its fragmentariness, but also in the kinds of details the pictures tended to include."
  • "And at last the priestess lay silent, vanquished, white body gleaming with that uncanny — fragmentariness — from her torn robes."
  • "To be sure, he rescues his creatures from disorder, mediocrity, sameness, and above all from the fragmentariness of their being and the transcience of their values."