quintessentialness

noun

The quality of being quintessential.

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Meanings

nounquintessentialness (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe quality of being quintessential.

    His quintessentialness made them aware that they were in France.

    2013, Gabrielle F. Culmer, Arrive by Dusk
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    For starkness of vision, "quintessentialness" of expression, boldness and solidity of thought, and freedom of form, a New England spinster who flourished between 1830 and 1886 in an elm-shaded college town above the Connecticut valley, might give the imagists “pointers”: here is a discovery to quicken the modern New England heart.

    1915, The New Republic 1915-08-14: Volume 4 Issue 41, New Republic, page 52

    The animation may have improved, but the essence, the heart, the quintessentialness of anime and manga, is gone. The creators are just pandering to their audience.

    2015, Derek Padula, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom

Origin

From quintessential + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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