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originariness

US/əɹɪd͡ʒˈn̩ɛɹinəs/

originariness noun: the quality of being originary.

Noun

originariness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being originary.
    • This origin is what the genius of the grid is supposed to manifest to us as viewers: an indisputable zero-ground beyond which there is no further model, or referent, or text. Except that this experience of originariness, felt by generations of artists, critics, and viewers is itself false, a...1989, Rosalind E. Krauss, The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, MIT Press, pages 160–161

Origin of originariness

From originary + -ness.

Questions about originariness

What does originariness mean?
Originariness means the quality of being originary.
What part of speech is originariness?
Originariness is a noun.
How do you pronounce originariness?
Originariness is pronounced /əɹɪd͡ʒˈn̩ɛɹinəs/ (US).

Words near originariness in the dictionary

  1. originalness
  2. originals
  3. originant
  4. originaries
  5. originarily
  6. originariness
  7. originary
  8. originate
  9. originated
  10. originates
  11. originatest

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