localness
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈloʊkəlnəs/
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carácter local
- The very "localness" of local knowledge is turned against it because it can only manage to perceive short-term and localized dislocations instead of the potential for a beneficial long-term, globalized transition.
Examples
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Her artwork beautifully captures the localness that defines our town's unique character.
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And finally, there was a kind of localness criteria.
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Including a fairly recent, clearly unwarranted attack on the editor of Montclair's branch of Patch for her alleged "non-localness."
Blog text (1) -
Yet, when it comes to identifying the social groups and institutions that are most likely to achieve certain conservation objectives and to deciding who should establish those objectives in the first place, "localness" is best seen as a misused spatial referent for other social, cultural, and economic influences on social and environmental conditions.
Academic text (1996) -
The localness of the community events fosters a strong sense of belonging among residents.
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The restaurant prides itself on its localness by sourcing all ingredients from nearby farms.
Synonyms
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6.2
Being firmly connected to a place or community and its traditions
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7.7
A quality of a place, like its language or food
A state of being in one place
Where something is and how that place matters
A feeling of being in this place right now
Antonyms
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Localness comes from local plus the ending -ness that makes a noun. Local goes back to the Latin locus, which means 'place' and is the same root as location, so localness means being 'connected to a certain place'.