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ratchetness

ratchetness noun: the quality of being ratchet.

Noun

ratchetness (uncountable)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) The quality of being ratchet.
    • The character’s appeal is universal though because she represents a feminist politics of disrespectability (what black American feminists call ratchetness) that has no time for prim notions of femininity as demure, quiet and self-effacing.2015 October 6, Lola Okolosie, “Cookie in Empire is a badass and a models of feminist disrespectability”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2017

Origin of ratchetness

From ratchet + -ness.

Questions about ratchetness

What does ratchetness mean?
Ratchetness means the quality of being ratchet.
What part of speech is ratchetness?
Ratchetness is a noun.

Words near ratchetness in the dictionary

  1. ratcheting toadlet
  2. ratcheting toadlets
  3. ratcheting up
  4. ratchetings
  5. ratchetlike
  6. ratchetness
  7. ratchets
  8. ratchets up
  9. ratchety
  10. Ratchford
  11. ratching

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