uprootedness
nounEtymology From uprooted + -ness.
1
The quality of being uprooted.
- Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony.2008 March 1, James R. Oestreich, “Rhythm in Abundance, With a Spirit of Adventure”, in New York Times:
- Synonyms
- rootlessness
- Antonyms
- rootedness