sedentariness

English

Etymology

From sedentary +‎ -ness.

Noun

sedentariness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being sedentary.
    1. (of a person) The habit of spending most of one's time physically at rest, sitting or lying down, etc. (Includes circumstances of being mentally busy but not physically busy).
      Antonyms: activeness, activity, hustle, busyness, exercise
      Coordinate terms: sloth, laziness
      Near-synonym: sedentarism (usually synonymous)
      • 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE‎[1]:
        But the ongoing dip they describe is far more modest than people fearmongering about a T crisis make it out to be, and likely due to lifestyle factors like sedentariness and environmental pollutants messing with our bodies.
    2. (of nonhuman creatures) The state of being mostly or entirely motionless, stationary.
      Coordinate terms: motionlessness, stationariness, stillness
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