northernness

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noun

The state or quality of being northern.

Opposite
southernness
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Meanings

northernness1

nounnorthernness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being northern.

Northernness2

nounNorthernness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fascination with the northern lands of Britain and Scandinavia, but also a sense of longing for an unattainable, imaginary world.

    Pure "Northernness" engulfed me: a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of Northern summer, remoteness, severity…and almost at the same moment I knew that I had met this before, long, long ago.

    1955, C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, Geoffrey Bles

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of being to the north

Opposite
southernness
Broader
positionspatial relation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

northernness · noun

From northern + -ness.

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Northernness · noun

From northern + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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