Localness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being local. uncountable

    "Localness and local-sounding speech can become a commodity, and this, as we have seen, can create competition over the control of what localness means or over its uses."

  2. 2
    The state or condition of being from a nearby location. wordnet

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"Localness and local-sounding speech can become a commodity, and this, as we have seen, can create competition over the control of what localness means or over its uses."

Etymology

From local + -ness.

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