enclosedness

== English == === Etymology === From enclosed +‎ -ness. === Noun === enclosedness (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being confined within actual or figurative boundaries. 2006 Feb. 26, "Deeper Waters: Sarah Waters speaks to Anthony Quinn, The Age (Australia) (retrieved 27 Oct 2013): "I was thinking about the moment when that enclosedness, which can be protective, tips over into something menacing and unpleasant." ==== Synonyms ==== boundedness, finity, finitude, finiteness, limitedness; see also Thesaurus:finity