somewhereness
English
Etymology
somewhere + -ness
Noun
somewhereness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.
- 1984, Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press (1984), →ISBN, page 64:
- For politics is defined by its somewhereness, its concrete historicity in the real world of human beings.
- 1984, Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press (1984), →ISBN, page 64:
- The state or quality of existing in a place that is unknown or cannot be pinpointed.
- 1928, Warwick Deeping, Old Pybus, Alfred A. Knopf (1928), page 230:
- […] Mary Merris had found it good to shed tears in this little, funny old room, wherein an old man who had looked on life had brought into being a beautiful faith in the essential somewhereness of God.
- 1928, Warwick Deeping, Old Pybus, Alfred A. Knopf (1928), page 230:
- The unique characteristics imparted on a wine by the conditions of the place in which it was grown.
- 2004, Matt Kramer, New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond, Running Press (2004), →ISBN, page 334:
- Comparing them is an ideal lesson in California wine somewhereness.
- 2004, Matt Kramer, New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond, Running Press (2004), →ISBN, page 334:
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:somewhereness.
Synonyms
- (wine): terroir