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rootedness

rootedness

6.0
Being held firmly in the ground by roots especially in plants
  • noun
  • /ˈruːtɪdnəs/
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  • The plant's rootedness in the rich soil helps it grow strong and healthy.

Examples

  • Much vegetal life has the appearance of immobility due to its rootedness in the soil.

    Academic text (2017)

  • While a tree embodies bioregional rootedness, it also reaches up into the atmosphere, often obtaining a height and distance from the earth that exceeds the scale and duration of the human.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Yet the physical rootedness of this inheritance was always also something of a mirage.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Her rootedness in the community made it easy for her to make friends and feel at home.

  • A tree's rootedness provides stability and nourishment from the ground.

Synonyms

embeddedness
vsrootedness
1 7.6

Being tightly part of something like a group or system

focuses on physical plant fixation rather than abstract integration
rootage
vsrootedness
  • Archaic
9.5

A strong fixed position that is hard to move

is specific to plants being fixed in place by natural anchors

How Rooted

rootedness
6.0
rootlessness
  • Specialized
8.1

Surface Forms

rootedness singular
rootednesses plural

Morphology

rootedness = rooted (transparent) = root + ed + ness

A literal nominalization of the adjective 'rooted' describing the state of being fixed by roots; directly interpretable from the components.

Etymology

Rootedness comes from root meaning 'the part of a plant under the ground' and the ending -ness that makes a quality. So, rootedness is the state of being firmly fixed in the ground by roots.