Englishnessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs/

名詞

Englishness (countable and uncountable, plural Englishnesses)

1. The quality, state or characteristic of being English.
   • 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: 'Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)‎:

     The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.

   • 2017 March 25, Lili Bidwell, “Anglish: A Brexiteer’s lingua franca?”, in The Cambridge Student‎, archived from the original on 31 January 2021:

     "Unlike most nations, we no longer "own" our language. The Anglish/New English project is intended as a means of recovering the Englishness of English and of restoring ownership of the language to the English people"