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Ainuness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ainu + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being Ainu.
    • According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese. 2008, Kate Barclay, A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific, page 46: