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Ainuness

Ainuness noun: the quality of being Ainu.

Noun

Ainuness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being Ainu.
    • According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese.2008, Kate Barclay, A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific, page 46

Origin of Ainuness

From Ainu + -ness.

Questions about Ainuness

What does Ainuness mean?
Ainuness means the quality of being Ainu.
What part of speech is Ainuness?
Ainuness is a noun.

Words near Ainuness in the dictionary

  1. Aintree
  2. Ainu
  3. Ainuic
  4. Ainuid
  5. Ainuland
  6. Ainuness
  7. Ainus
  8. AIO
  9. aioli
  10. aiolis
  11. aiolosite

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