Ainuness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being Ainu. uncountable

    "According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese."

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"According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese."

Etymology

From Ainu + -ness.

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