uprootedness
- noun
- /ʌpˈruːtɪdnəs/
:
desarraigo
- Uprootedness, homelessness, exile—these are maladies forced upon Native North American populations by the invading Europeans.
Examples
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As in traditional blues, the main theme is loneliness, uprootedness, and suffering.
Academic text (1998) -
We must put an end to the terrible uprootedness that European colonial methods always produce, even under their least cruel aspects.
Academic text (2000) -
The whole of it gave me a deep, deep sense of homesickness and uprootedness and wonder at the sheer vastness of it all.
Blog text (3) -
David, it seems, feels compelled to resist the sense of uprootedness and the fragmentation of genealogies that characterize his era.
Academic text (2008) -
A century later (and two-thirds of a century before Oscar Handlin wrote The Uprooted), Josiah Strong used botanical metaphors of uprootedness to warn against the cultural impact of immigrants.
Academic text (1999) -
After moving to a new city for work, she struggled with a profound sense of uprootedness and missed her old home.
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Many immigrants experience feelings of uprootedness as they adapt to life in a foreign country.
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The novel explores themes of uprootedness, highlighting the characters' struggles with displacement in a rapidly changing world.
Synonyms
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7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
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6.1
Moving people out of their job or home
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7.8
A feeling of no longer being close to someone
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8.1
A feeling of not having a permanent home or place to belong
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8.1
A feeling of being strange or not belonging
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6.7
A state of being separate from other people
People forced to leave their homes and communities, causing problems in the area
A feeling of not being at home or comfortable in a place
A feeling of not being accepted or part of a group
Antonyms
How Displaced
Surface Forms
Morphology
uprootedness = uprooted (semi-transparent) = uproot + ed + ness
Formed transparently from 'uprooted' + '-ness', but the sense referring to human displacement is a metaphorical extension from the physical act of pulling up roots, making it slightly less predictable for learners.
Etymology
Uprootedness comes from the parts up- ('up' or 'away'), root ('base' or 'home'), and -ness ('the state of'). Think of pulling a tree from the ground — that image helps: a person who is uprooted is taken away from their home and feels lost or displaced.