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Czechness

Czechness noun: the quality or characteristic of being Czech.

Noun

Czechness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or characteristic of being Czech.
    • Smetana's romantic comedy epitomizes one stereotype of Czechness: happy villagers in quaint peasant garb, dancing polkas and skocnas in the local pub while singing hymns in praise of beer.1999 May 2, Derek Katz, “MUSIC: Reading the Future in Readings of ‘Rusalka’”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Dec 2009
    • "I want people to find my work more European than specifically Czech, but I can't deny the Czechness present in my writing," he said.2009 January 8, Stephan Delbos, “A literal literary pub crawl”, in The Prague Post, retrieved 12 Dec 2009

Origin of Czechness

From Czech + -ness.

Questions about Czechness

What does Czechness mean?
Czechness means the quality or characteristic of being Czech.
What part of speech is Czechness?
Czechness is a noun.

Words near Czechness in the dictionary

  1. Czechizes
  2. Czechizing
  3. Czechland
  4. Czechlands
  5. Czechlish
  6. Czechness
  7. Czechnology
  8. Czecho-
  9. Czecho-Slovakia
  10. Czecholand
  11. Czechophobia

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