单词 | asianness |
释义 | Asiannessn. The quality or fact of being Asian, esp. in terms of a person's awareness of (shared) cultural and ethnic heritage. ΚΠ 1953 K. M. Panikkar Asia & Western Dominance Concl. 494 The European nations in emphasizing their solidarity, their European-ness in dealing with Asian countries, inevitably gave rise to a common feeling of Asian-ness. 1968 Times 20 Sept. (Hong Kong Special Rep. Suppl.) 7/2 More Asians are entering an area hitherto the preserve of European and Japanese collectors..moved mainly by a sense of Asian-ness and the prospect of substantial gains. 1998 Face Apr. 167/2 As first, in London, she was..paranoid I was losing my Asian-ness. 2004 Eastern Eye 11 June 6/3 How can you reconcile all these contradictions? The canvas of Asianness is too large for simplification. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1953 |
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