nordicityn.
/nɔːˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S. /nɔrˈdɪsədi/, Canadian English /nɔrˈdɪsədi/ Canadian.
A measure of the degree of northernness of high-latitude regions, calculated by assessing both natural factors, such as climate and temperature, and human factors, such as types of economic activity and cultural self-perception. Also (in extended use): northernness.Originally with reference to the work of Louis-Edmund Hamelin, who established an index of nordicity based on ten criteria in Canadian Nordicity (1978; originally in French as Nordicité Canadienne (1975)).
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1978 L. E. Hamelin Canad. Nordicity p. xi The intended objective is to structure the work around the problems posed by the recent concept of nordicity, which expresses the state or level of being polar in the Northern Hemisphere.
1979 Econ. Geogr. 55 298/1 Notions of remoteness, peripherality, and isolation are part of Hamelin's definition of ‘Nordicity’ in Canada.
1985 Maclean's (Nexis) 15 Apr. Clark spoke of his home in northern Alberta, reminding his hosts of the common ‘nordicity’ of Canada and the Soviet Union.
1992 M. O. Dickerson Whose North? v. 89 It is true that there is a certain ‘nordicity’ in the NWT; indeed, residents of the region often comment about the North being distincty from the rest of Canada.
1999 Sat. Night Apr. 27/2 Since Montreal started importing the tropics and exporting its senior citizens, winter's former capital has denied its denied its nordicity, striving instead to become the low-budget suburb of some misplaced Mount.
2000 Canad. Geographic Nov. 15/2 Perhaps some other criteria should be considered in determining nordicity, including availability of flush toilets, number of days with frozen water lines and direct-dial capacity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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