Touristiness

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being touristy. informal, uncountable

    "I’d celebrated re-emancipation of calypso finals from the unnecessary touristiness of Dimanche Gras, and return to a two-song format, as an opportunity to attend and savour the best of this year’s calypso in one sitting."

Example

More examples

"I’d celebrated re-emancipation of calypso finals from the unnecessary touristiness of Dimanche Gras, and return to a two-song format, as an opportunity to attend and savour the best of this year’s calypso in one sitting."

Etymology

From touristy + -ness.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.