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sourceness

sourceness noun: the quality or condition of having a source.

Noun

sourceness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality or condition of having a source.
    • But when we look at certain subject matter — e.g., interpretations of conditional aloneness, groupness, sourceness, or power — we are often moved by our own archetypal responses to them.1973, William Bradley, Art: magic, impulse, and control: a guide to viewing
    • In their combination of sourceness and goalness into a single participant, experienced actions somewhat resemble reflexive predications.1989, Ray Harlow, Robin Hooper, Linguistic Society of New Zealand, VICAL 1: Oceanic languages : papers from the Fifth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Auckland, New Zealand...

Origin of sourceness

From source + -ness.

Questions about sourceness

What does sourceness mean?
Sourceness means the quality or condition of having a source.
What part of speech is sourceness?
Sourceness is a noun.

Words near sourceness in the dictionary

  1. sourcehood
  2. sourceless
  3. sourcelessly
  4. sourcelessness
  5. Sourcemod
  6. sourceness
  7. sourcer
  8. sourcerer
  9. sourcerers
  10. sourcers
  11. sources

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