somewhereness

English

Etymology

somewhere +‎ -ness

Noun

somewhereness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.
   • 1984, Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 64:

     For politics is defined by its somewhereness, its concrete historicity in the real world of human beings.

2. The state or quality of existing in a place that is unknown or cannot be pinpointed.
   • 1928, Warwick Deeping, Old Pybus, Alfred A. Knopf, published 1928, page 230:

     […] 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.

3. (rare) The unique characteristics imparted on a wine by the conditions of the place in which it was grown.
   • 2004, Matt Kramer, New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond, Running Press, →ISBN, page 334:

     Comparing them is an ideal lesson in California wine somewhereness.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• (wine): terroir