Englishness

plural Englishnesses

1. countableuncountableThe quality, state or characteristic of being English.

   The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.

   2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: 'Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)

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   "Unlike most nations, we no longer "own" our language. The Anglish/New English project is intended as a means of recovering the Englishness of English and of restoring ownership of the language to the English people"

   2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021