rootedness
nounEtymology From rooted + -ness.
1
The state or quality of being rooted
- An uncle might be around to offer a spare bedroom, or a job at the plant, or the church might be there for guidance, for rootedness.1989 December 22, Mary Wisniewski, “Giving Shelter: a west-side boy comes home”, in Chicago Reader:
- Antonyms
- rootlessness, uprootedness
- Related terms
- deep-rootedness