Englishness

//ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality, state or characteristic of being English. countable, uncountable

    "The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist."

  2. 2
    a state or quality of being English. wordnet

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"The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist."

Etymology

From English + -ness.

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