aboriginality
Syllables: ab·o·rig·i·nal·i·ty/æb.əˌɹɪd͡ʒ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/
aboriginality noun: the quality of being aboriginal.
Noun (1)
aboriginality (countable and uncountable, plural aboriginalities)
- The quality of being aboriginal.
- The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples
- The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.
Noun (2) capitalized: Aboriginality
Aboriginality (uncountable)
- The state of being Australian Aboriginal.
- Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win.2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021
- Alternative letter-case form of aboriginality.
Forms of aboriginality
| plural | aboriginalities |
|---|---|
| alternative form | aboriginality |
Origin of aboriginality
From aboriginal + -ity.
From Aboriginal + -ity
Questions about aboriginality
- What does aboriginality mean?
- Aboriginality means the quality of being aboriginal.
- What part of speech is aboriginality?
- Aboriginality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aboriginality?
- Aboriginality is pronounced /æb.əˌɹɪd͡ʒ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/ (US).
- What is the plural of aboriginality?
- The plural of aboriginality is aboriginalities.
Words near aboriginality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aboriginality (page history and authors); Aboriginality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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