uprootednessn.
The state of being uprooted; a condition of severance from one's natural origins. Chiefly figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun]
flemeOE
exilec1330
flemingc1374
relegationc1425
sequestrationa1450
exulation1535
extermination1586
deportation1595
exportationa1610
displantation1614
elimination1623
discommonwealthing1647
ejection1655
self-exile1712
uprooting1775
expatriation1816
dissettlement1880
uprootedness1927
1927 J. Lavrin Russ. Lit. v. 29 The negative features of a romantic type: uprootedness, fear and hatred of reality.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xxii. 247 What a refugee craves most is relief from his permanent feeling of uprootedness.
1974 O. Cook Eng. Country House i. 7 The contrast..between our uprootedness and the continuity and stability of the life led in the great mansion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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