nativenessn.
/ˈneɪtᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈneɪdɪvnᵻs/ The fact or quality of being native; naturalness; indigenousness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun]
simpletyc1225
nativeness1568
naturalness1656
inaffectation1658
unaffectedness1752
unsophistication1825
unsophisticatedness1858
wildness1887
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > innateness
connatenessa1652
innateness1727
nativenessa1821
inneity1860
the world > people > nations > native people > [noun] > fact or quality of being native
indigenate1762
nativeness1853
autochthonism1856
nativity1869
indigenity1895
1568 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1839) I. 137 Both for nativnes of blood and..my deserving of my forbeares and myself.
1639 N. N. tr. J. Du Bosc Compl. Woman ii. 53 As a forcednesse displeaseth in the fairest actions, a certain nativenesse takes and pleaseth in the least.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Nativeness, naturalness, inbredness, &c.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) 3 The truth and nativeness both of their thoughts and diction.
a1821 J. Keats Sonnet in Wks. (1884) 363 Ocean..never can Subside, if not to dark blue nativeness.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 32 Its nativeness is unquestioned.
1898 G. C. Lodge Song of Wave 28 Then the Soul's way: lapse from sound to silence, Merge oblivious in entire ceasing In thy nativeness, the matrix ocean.
1982 Papers Dict. Soc. N. Amer. 1977 84 It has been cross-classified primarily with features of code, race, and nativeness.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 78/2 So the beech just passes the key test of botanical nativeness: it was here when Britain became an island.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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