Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slavness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slav-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being Slavic, or belonging to the Slavs in terms of identity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] they continue to mirror-image the Greeks in their obsession with antiquity and in downgrading the Slavness of contemporary Macedonians."
"Gogol's friend Mikhail Pogodin, who specialized in the topic, accepted the Norman theory yet argued for the basic Slavness of early Rusian culture."

Etymology

From Slav + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Slav

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

Slavdom Slavhood

Questions

What does slavness mean?: The quality of being Slavic, or belonging to the Slavs in terms of identity.
Where does slavness come from?: From Slav + -ness.

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