Australianness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Australian Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Australianness From Australian + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being Australian.
He believed that the people he looked at around the room were had it. Did not have what the policy required of them. Did not share the dream of Australianness.
2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 138:
Translations (1)
fi australialaisuus (state of being Australian)