Uprootedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being uprooted. uncountable

    "Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony."

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rootlessnessrootlessness

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"Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony."

Etymology

From uprooted + -ness.

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