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Swissness

Swissness noun: the quality of being Swiss.

Noun

Swissness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being Swiss.
    • Now the banking sector’s reputation has been tainted, fears are that “Swissness” as a whole could lose its value-enhancing shine.2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of Swissness

From Swiss + -ness.

Questions about Swissness

What does Swissness mean?
Swissness means the quality of being Swiss.
What part of speech is Swissness?
Swissness is a noun.

Words near Swissness in the dictionary

  1. Swissie
  2. Swissies
  3. swissing
  4. Swissland
  5. Swissly
  6. Swissness
  7. Swist
  8. Swists
  9. Swistun
  10. Swistuns
  11. swit swoo

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