peopleness en · NOUN
Etymology
From people + -ness.
Meanings
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(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: