Canadianness
Canadianness noun: the state or quality of being Canadian.
Noun
Canadianness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being Canadian.
- By the eve of the Great War, some Canadians, including many of English birth, were searching for literary and artistic forms that better expressed a sense of Canadianness.1999, Paul Robert Magocsi, Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 485
Forms of Canadianness
| alternative form | Canadianess |
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Origin of Canadianness
From Canadian + -ness.
Questions about Canadianness
- What does Canadianness mean?
- Canadianness means the state or quality of being Canadian.
- What part of speech is Canadianness?
- Canadianness is a noun.
Words near Canadianness in the dictionary
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