Indianness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Indian +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

Indianness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being Indian.
    • 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62:
      In this case, an Indian English dictionary, especially one that wanted to focus on, and promote itself on, its Indianness, might wish to include the new species.
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