foundedness

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noun

The state of being founded.

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Meanings

nounfoundedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being founded.

    [B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xix

Origin

From founded + -ness.

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APA

foundedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foundedness

MLA

“foundedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foundedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foundedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foundedness.

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