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nounuprootedness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being uprooted.
Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony.
2008 March 1, James R. Oestreich, “Rhythm in Abundance, With a Spirit of Adventure”, in New York TimesSynonyms: rootlessness
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nounThe quality of being uprooted.
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Dutch ontworteling
- ontwortelingquality of being uprooted
German Entwurzelung, Entwurzeltsein
- Entwurzelungquality of being uprooted
- Entwurzeltseinquality of being uprooted
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uprootedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprootedness
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“uprootedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprootedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uprootedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprootedness.
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