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immigrancy

immigrancy noun: the inherent displacement and struggle to locate oneself in society etc., in the existence of human beings.

Noun

immigrancy (uncountable)

  1. The inherent displacement and struggle to locate oneself in society etc., in the existence of human beings.

Origin of immigrancy

Coined by American philosopher Stanley Cavell.

Questions about immigrancy

What does immigrancy mean?
Immigrancy means the inherent displacement and struggle to locate oneself in society etc., in the existence of human beings.
What part of speech is immigrancy?
Immigrancy is a noun.

Words near immigrancy in the dictionary

  1. immid
  2. immidazole
  3. immids
  4. immie
  5. immies
  6. immigrancy
  7. immigrant
  8. immigrant species
  9. immigrants
  10. immigrate
  11. immigrated

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