"state of being apart," 1849, from apart + -ness.

"state of being popular," 1727, from popular + -ness.

"authority to command the national military forces," in extended use "an empire," 1650s, from Latin imperium "command, supreme authority, power" (see empire). Hence Latin phrase imperium in imperio "a state within a state."

"state or degree of connectedness," 1872, from connective + -ity.

1630s, "internal knowledge," from conscious + -ness. Meaning "state of being aware of what passes in one's own mind" is from 1670s; meaning "state of being aware" of anything is from 1746. Consciousness-raising is attested from 1968.

1711 in the political sense, "the first minister of a state," a shortening of premier minister (1680s); see premier (adj.). In U.S. usage, premier formerly was applied occasionally to the Secretary of State (late 19c.).

word-forming element expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting "a state of disease," from Latin -osis and directly from Greek -osis, formed from the aorist of verbs ending in -o. It corresponds to Latin -atio.

"state or quality of being passive," 1650s, from passive + -ness.

"act of transmitting; state of being transmitted," 1786, from transmit + -ance.

"state or quality of being bilateral," 1852, from bilateral + -ism.