Polishnessn.
/ˈpəʊlɪʃnəs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlɪʃnəs/ The quality or state of being Polish or of embodying Polish characteristics.
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Polonism1859
Polishness1935
1935 Times 10 June 8/2 The quaintness and the Polishness of her upbringing appeal to a writer looking for subjects in a remote part of Connecticut.
1958 Listener 2 Oct. 499/2 They [sc. the Poles] need to reaffirm their past, their Polishness.
1992 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 17 John Paul II, however, for all his blinkered Polishness, has proved no Thatcherite radical on the matter of faith and morals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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