uprootedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From uprooted + -ness.
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(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:
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de Entwurzelung (quality of being uprooted) · de Entwurzeltsein (quality of being uprooted) · nl ontworteling (quality of being uprooted)