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Appalachianness

Appalachianness noun: the quality or state of being Appalachian.

Noun

Appalachianness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being Appalachian.
    • Like Curtis, Palmer wanted to capture in photographs his perceptions of a people, his own people in the mountains, his own imagery of Appalachianness.2014 July 11, Jean Haskell Speer, The Appalachian Photographs of Earl Palmer, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN
    • At the same time, by identifying Jenny and Donny as exceptions to these rules of Appalachianness, we are to think of them as worthy targets of literacy intervention.2015 December 18, Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, Kim Donehower, Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 19

Origin of Appalachianness

From Appalachian + -ness.

Questions about Appalachianness

What does Appalachianness mean?
Appalachianness means the quality or state of being Appalachian.
What part of speech is Appalachianness?
Appalachianness is a noun.

Words near Appalachianness in the dictionary

  1. Appalachian dulcimer
  2. Appalachian dulcimers
  3. Appalachian English
  4. Appalachian Jacob's ladder
  5. Appalachian tea
  6. Appalachianness
  7. Appalachians
  8. appalam
  9. appalams
  10. appaled
  11. appaling

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