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Assyrianness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Assyrian + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being Assyrian.
    • Assyrian nationalists' discourse cast their Assyrianness against the background of Turkish backwardness and barbarism, in statements such as 'fertile lands lie sterile under the dead hand of the Turk, whereas Assyrians in their country are successful in every branch; they are an intelligent, industrious and prolific race.' 2019, Yasmeen Hanoosh, The Chaldeans, London: I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 115: