uppityness en · NOUN
Etymology
From uppity + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of uppitiness.
alt of uppitiness
The first woman to run for president in this country, Victoria Woodhull, almost got castrated for her uppityness.
2007 November 15, Gail Collins, “What Happens in Vegas ...”, in New York Times: