Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being rife.

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Examples

  • The proliferation of tablets and smartphones has combined with the rifeness of social media to spark a flurry of online activity during televised games.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

  • Lindsey Terry won the 2005 competition, correctly spelling the word "rifeness."

    Carthage Press Homepage RSS Kevin McClintock 2009

  • I remember the in-class discussion when a student was amazed that lesbians had their own country back then — after all the story told of the lesbians’ revolt from Athenian domination and their subsequently having to pay tribute to Athens, so the hapless student figured it had to do with the rifeness of homosexuality in ancient Greece.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Lesbos: 2007

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