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peopleness

peopleness noun: the quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.

Noun

peopleness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.
    • You are a modern dog, and more connected to your dogness and also to peopleness. The modern dog does not necessarily think in terms of "pack," since this is a social construct.2010, Terry Bain, You Are a Dog: Life Through the Eyes of Man's Best Friend, page 150
    • I wonder if Jesus ever let his peopleness get in the way. I was recently thinking about how tough it is to constantly monitor my human tendencies.2012, Denise J. Wilson, I Know Nothing

Origin of peopleness

From people + -ness.

Questions about peopleness

What does peopleness mean?
Peopleness means the quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.
What part of speech is peopleness?
Peopleness is a noun.

Words near peopleness in the dictionary

  1. peoplekind
  2. peopleless
  3. peoplelessness
  4. peoplemeter
  5. peoplemeters
  6. peopleness
  7. peopler
  8. peoplers
  9. peoples
  10. peoplet
  11. Peopleton

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