aboriginality

noun — 5 senses

aboriginality

nounalso spelled Aboriginality

US /æb.əˌɹɪd͡ʒ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/

Etymology From aboriginal + -ity.

1

The quality of being aboriginal.

2

The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples

3

The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.

Aboriginality

noun

Etymology From Aboriginal + -ity

1

The state of being Australian Aboriginal.

Finally, the colonisers were attempting genocide, they wanted us all dead. If I identified with my wadjela ancestry at the expense of my Aboriginality, the colonisers win.2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:

2

Alternative letter-case form of aboriginality.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for aboriginality and Aboriginality.