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  • noun The quality or state of being Polish.

Etymologies

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Polish +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • And it mattered: at that time, the choice of "Polishness" or "Ukrainianness" was not just a whim, but a form of resistance to totalitarianism.

    Laughable and Tragic Applebaum, Anne 2008

  • 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.

    Hurriyet Dailynews 2009

  • 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 2010

  • 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 2010

  • 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).

    At Home in a New World Wladyslaw Pleszczynski 2009

  • Yet Mr. Rybczynski's parents did not neglect their children's Polishness either.

    At Home in a New World Wladyslaw Pleszczynski 2009

  • 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.

    Contradictions: Contemplating the Mysteries of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • And to do so, it is crucial to grasp and comprehend the fact of his Polishness.

    Papal Secrets 2008

  • The Polishness of late servant of God, John Paul II was a part of his geopolitical outlook.

    Christ is King in Poland (maybe) Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • The Polishness of late servant of God, John Paul II was a part of his geopolitical outlook.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

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