peopleness

English

Etymology

people +‎ -ness

Noun

peopleness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.
   • 2010, Terry Bain, You Are a Dog: Life Through the Eyes of Man's Best Friend, page 150:

     You are a modern dog, and more connected to your dogness and also to peopleness. The modern dog does not necessarily think in terms of "pack," since this is a social construct.

   • 2012, Denise J. Wilson, I Know Nothing:

     I wonder if Jesus ever let his peopleness get in the way. I was recently thinking about how tough it is to constantly monitor my human tendencies.