orientedness

English

Etymology

From oriented +‎ -ness.

Noun

orientedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.
    • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
      According to Banfield, it is precisely the norm of present-orientedness […] that gives rise to crime and delinquency, poverty and squalor, broken families and illegitimacy.

Usage notes

Generally used to form compounds, as in goal-orientedness.

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