connectedness n 1: the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: {connection}, {link}] [ant: {disjunction}] 2: a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: {connection}, {connexion}] [ant: {unconnectedness}]