Occitanity

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noun

The quality of being Occitan.

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Occitanness
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Meanings

nounOccitanity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being Occitan.

    It was there that he acquired a solid grounding in classical – Latin and French – culture, which complemented his native Occitanity.

    1984, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Love, Death and Money in the Pays d’Oc, page 36
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    Focusing on the economic problems of the South and on certain traditional antagonisms between South and North, Occitanism has created a rudimentary sense of “Occitanity” among the people.

    1980, Language Problems & Language Planning, page 258

    In the last fifteen years there have been considerable changes and the inverse can now also be observed: people being proud of an ‘Occitanity’ which no longer has any behavioural correlates (Lafont 1980a, 1980b).

    2011, Brigitte Schlieben-Lange, Bilingualism and Linguistic Conflict in Romance, page 224

    Synonyms: Occitanness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being Occitan.

Similar
Occitanness

Origin

Translations

French occitanité
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Italian occitanità
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APA

Occitanity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitanity

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“Occitanity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitanity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Occitanity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitanity.

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