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peopleness en · NOUN

Etymology

From people + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.
    • You are a modern dog, and more connected to your dogness and also to peopleness. The modern dog does not necessarily think in terms of "pack," since this is a social construct. 2010, Terry Bain, You Are a Dog: Life Through the Eyes of Man's Best Friend, page 150:
    • I wonder if Jesus ever let his peopleness get in the way. I was recently thinking about how tough it is to constantly monitor my human tendencies. 2012, Denise J. Wilson, I Know Nothing: