Meanings
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being Finnish.
This is not to say that before 1809 a notion of Finnishness did not exist, rather that Finnishness was not understood as the central identity marker of the people or understood as a political project.
2008, Christopher S. Browning, Constructivism, Narrative and Foreign Policy Analysis, page 741 more example
Bomfunk MCs, Darude, and HIM, he claims, are products of that part of Finnish culture that does not draw upon the national past and imagery of Finnishness, but instead borrows from the dialogue with ostensibly global popular music.
2007, Roger Beebe, Jason Middleton, Medium Cool: Music Videos from Soundies to Cellphones, page 189
Origin
Translations
Bengali ফিনিয়ানা
- ফিনিয়ানা (phiniẏana)quality
Finnish suomalaisuus
- suomalaisuusquality
French finlandité
- finlanditéquality
Italian finlandesità
- finlandesitàquality
Russian финскость
- финскость (finskostʹ)quality
Cite this entry
Finnishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnishness
“Finnishness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnishness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finnishness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnishness.
Source: Finnishness on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.