rootedness

English

Etymology

From rooted +‎ -ness.

Noun

rootedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being rooted
   • 1989 December 22, Mary Wisniewski, “Giving Shelter: a west-side boy comes home”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     An uncle might be around to offer a spare bedroom, or a job at the plant, or the church might be there for guidance, for rootedness.

Antonyms

• rootlessness
• uprootedness

Related terms

• deep-rootedness

Translations

state or quality of being rooted

Dutch: verworteling f German: Verwurzelung f, Verwurzeltsein n