singledom
nounEtymology From single + -dom.
1
The state or sphere of those who are single (unmarried or unattached).
- (A ministorage center in Manhattan has even run ads suggesting that it is the best repository for the spoils of singledom.)2007 February 4, David Colman, “Bathroom Reading, on the Wall”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 May 2022:
- But part of me was still glad to see this undoubtedly superficial take. As a society, we barely discuss the realities and implications of singledom. In pop culture singledom is almost invariably represented as an easily fixed unhappy state, a step along the way to getting happily hitched.2018 September 8, Sonia Sodha, “It’s time to ditch the stereotypes and look at the realities behind singledom”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
- Synonyms
- singlehood, singleness
- Antonyms
- coupledom