Meanings
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being European.
Rejecting the “Europeanity” and “Africanity” they see in Négritude, Créolité pleads for an internal vision of the Caribbean focused on the French Caribbean realities: “Lavision intérieure,” which can be reached by writing in Creole.
2011, Edgard Sankara, Postcolonial Francophone Autobiographies2 more examples
When setting criteria for "performative whiteness," both the degree of cultural assimilation, and value system adaptation (such as practicing Christianity, for example) of the applicants, as well as the initial Europeanity of the kin-group was weighed.
2013, Kristin Henrard, The Interrelation between the Right to Identity of Minorities and Their Socio-Economic Participation, page 141The discourse of Europeanity is one that combines 'we' with a collective political identity beyond the state. The emergence of the Europeanity discourse coincided with the end of the Second World War, when the legitimacyof state power and its ability to regulate human collectivity came into question.
2014, R. Coman, T. Kostera, L. Tomini, Europeanization and European IntegrationSynonyms: Europeanness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or characteristic of being European.
Origin
Translations
Basque europartasun
- europartasunquality or characteristic of being European
Catalan europeïtat
- europeïtatquality or characteristic of being European
Esperanto eŭropeco
- eŭropecoquality or characteristic of being European
Finnish eurooppalaisuus
- eurooppalaisuusquality or characteristic of being European
French européanité, européité
- européanitéquality or characteristic of being European
- européitéquality or characteristic of being European
German Europäanität, Europäischsein
- Europäanitätquality or characteristic of being European
- Europäischseinquality or characteristic of being European
Japanese ヨーロッパ性
- ヨーロッパ性 (Yōroppasei)quality or characteristic of being European
Polish europejskość
- europejskośćquality or characteristic of being European
Portuguese europeidade
- europeidadequality or characteristic of being European
Spanish europeidad
- europeidadquality or characteristic of being European
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Europeanity
Cite this entry
Europeanity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europeanity
“Europeanity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europeanity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Europeanity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Europeanity.
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