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uprootedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From uprooted + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being uprooted.
    • Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony. 2008 March 1, James R. Oestreich, “Rhythm in Abundance, With a Spirit of Adventure”, in New York Times:

Antonyms

rootedness

Synonyms

rootlessness

Translations (3)

de Entwurzelung (quality of being uprooted) · de Entwurzeltsein (quality of being uprooted) · nl ontworteling (quality of being uprooted)