Ainuness

English

Etymology

From Ainu +‎ -ness.

Noun

Ainuness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being Ainu.
   • 2008, Kate Barclay, A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific, page 46:

     According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese.