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localness

localness noun: the state or condition of being local.

Noun

localness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being local.
    • Localness and local-sounding speech can become a commodity, and this, as we have seen, can create competition over the control of what localness means or over its uses.2004, Ronald K S Macaulay, Carmen Fought, Sociolinguistic variation: critical reflections

Origin of localness

From local + -ness.

Questions about localness

What does localness mean?
Localness means the state or condition of being local.
What part of speech is localness?
Localness is a noun.

Words near localness in the dictionary

  1. locally finite
  2. locally indicable
  3. locally ringed space
  4. locally ringed spaces
  5. locally small
  6. localness
  7. locals
  8. localvore
  9. localvores
  10. locant
  11. locants

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