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Meanings of nativeness in English

The quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin.

Antonyms
Examples for "foreignness"
Examples for "foreignness"
1
We mistake unfamiliarity for beauty; we darken our perceptions with idle foreignness.
Adventures in Friendship
2
This same foreignness, revealed in other ways, sometimes made him hate her.
The Trespasser
3
They, more than anything else, stress the foreignness of a place.
The Guardian
4
It was just too much foreignness to take in one dose.
The Forever War
5
His shoulders went up with that foreignness Chrystie thought so bewitching.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
Usage of nativeness in English
1
"Yes," he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
In the Wilderness
Nativeness through the time