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somewhereness

somewhereness noun: the state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.

Noun

somewhereness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.
    • For politics is defined by its somewhereness, its concrete historicity in the real world of human beings.1984, Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 64
  2. The state or quality of existing in a place that is unknown or cannot be pinpointed.
    • […] Mary Merris had found it good to shed tears in this little, funny old room, wherein an old man who had looked on life had brought into being a beautiful faith in the essential somewhereness of God.1928, Warwick Deeping, Old Pybus, Alfred A. Knopf, published 1928, page 230
  3. (rare) The unique characteristics imparted on a wine by the conditions of the place in which it was grown.
    • Comparing them is an ideal lesson in California wine somewhereness.2004, Matt Kramer, New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond, Running Press, →ISBN, page 334

Synonyms of somewhereness

Origin of somewhereness

From somewhere + -ness.

Questions about somewhereness

What does somewhereness mean?
Somewhereness means the state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.
What part of speech is somewhereness?
Somewhereness is a noun.

Words near somewhereness in the dictionary

  1. somewhence
  2. somewhere
  3. somewhere along the line
  4. somewhere else
  5. somewhere over the rainbow
  6. somewhereness
  7. somewheres
  8. somewhile
  9. somewhiles
  10. somewhither
  11. somewhy

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