Definitions
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- noun The quality or state of being
Polish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And it mattered: at that time, the choice of "Polishness" or "Ukrainianness" was not just a whim, but a form of resistance to totalitarianism.
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Ali Miskiewicz, a historian of Tatar origin from the University of Bialystok, said the tolerant attitude of both Polish kings and later republican governments helped maintain a feeling of "Polishness" along with a distinct cultural and religious tradition.
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Are you saying that there is a single gene for Englishness, Swedishness, Finnishness, Germanishness, Polishness, Russianishness ...?
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
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Are you saying that there is a single gene for Englishness, Swedishness, Finnishness, Germanishness, Polishness, Russianishness...
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities
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They did not want to see their children "burdened with two cultures," so they "did not impose their Polishness" on their two sons as the boys grew up near Montreal (the family moved to Canada from London in 1953, when Witold was 10 years old).
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Yet Mr. Rybczynski's parents did not neglect their children's Polishness either.
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I know this isn't a mechanic's forum, but I can't really think of any great reason other than Polishness to use one.
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And to do so, it is crucial to grasp and comprehend the fact of his Polishness.
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The Polishness of late servant of God, John Paul II was a part of his geopolitical outlook.
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The Polishness of late servant of God, John Paul II was a part of his geopolitical outlook.
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