The state or quality of being benumbed; numbness, either physical or emotional.
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to 'benumbed,' following standard English word formation rules to convert an adjective into an abstract noun representing the quality itself.
Adding '-ness' to past participles is a peculiar English construction—'benumbedness' sounds archaic because we now prefer simpler forms like 'numbness,' showing how our language gradually trims redundant suffixes over centuries.
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