Nonstandardness

noun

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

    "North Americans, in commenting on different dialects of American English, are much more likely to make comments about nonstandardness […]"

  2. 2
    The state or condition of not being standard. wordnet

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"North Americans, in commenting on different dialects of American English, are much more likely to make comments about nonstandardness […]"

Etymology

From nonstandard + -ness.

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