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Englishness

/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs/

Englishness noun: the quality, state or characteristic of being English.

Noun

Englishness (countable and uncountable, plural Englishnesses)

  1. The quality, state or characteristic of being English.
    • The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: 'Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)
    • "Unlike most nations, we no longer "own" our language. The Anglish/New English project is intended as a means of recovering the Englishness of English and of restoring ownership of the language to the English people"2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021

Englishness meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Indonesian

Englishness in Hindi

Englishness, Britishness
अंग्रेज़ियत aṅgreziyat

Englishness in Bengali

being English
ইংরেজিয়ানা iṅrejiẏana

Englishness in Indonesian

being English
keinggrisan

Forms of Englishness

pluralEnglishnesses

Origin of Englishness

From English + -ness.

Questions about Englishness

What does Englishness mean?
Englishness means the quality, state or characteristic of being English.
What is Englishness in Hindi?
Englishness in Hindi is अंग्रेज़ियत (aṅgreziyat). See Englishness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Englishness?
Englishness is a noun.
How do you pronounce Englishness?
Englishness is pronounced /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs/.
What is the plural of Englishness?
The plural of Englishness is Englishnesses.

Words near Englishness in the dictionary

  1. englishman
  2. Englishman's knot
  3. Englishman's knots
  4. Englishmanly
  5. englishmen
  6. Englishness
  7. Englishnesses
  8. Englishpeople
  9. Englishperson
  10. Englishpersons
  11. Englishries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Englishness (page history and authors); अंग्रेज़ियत (Hindi) (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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