In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FORGOTTENNESS
Etymology
Noun
forgottenness (uncountable)
(philosophy) The quality or state of being forgotten
Usage notes
• This term is chiefly used in Heideggerian writings, where it serves to translate the German Vergessenheit, otherwise translatable as "oblivion".
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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