uprootedness

English

Etymology

uprooted +‎ -ness

Noun

uprootedness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being uprooted.
   • 2008 March 1, James R. Oestreich, “Rhythm in Abundance, With a Spirit of Adventure”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• rootlessness

Antonyms

• rootedness

Translations

quality of being uprooted

• Dutch: ontworteling (nl) f
• German: Entwurzelung f, Entwurzeltsein n

Anagrams

• pseudotensor