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Answer for the clue "The state of being elsewhere than in particular place ", 8 letters:
awayness

Word definitions for awayness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
awayness \awayness\ n. 1. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism.

Usage examples of awayness.

Almost immediately, the, pain began, and the odd feeling of far-awayness ended.

He lay in bed recalling the time he had been wounded in Korea and had experienced that sense of far awayness.

Something of the terrible far-awayness of a child that is very ill and can't tell you what hurts it.

Mounting concentrations of carbon dioxide in the blood led to periods of timeless 'awayness' which, when achieved, were always regarded as of momentous value, leading to a fuller understanding of self.