Definitions
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- noun Traits associated with the
goth subculture, such as philosophical melancholy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The levels of gothness varies with the wearer – think chinos and leather in True Blood; alabaster skin and Topshop in Twilight.
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
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I decided to go with the "individuality" theme that I believe lies within gothness and wore a beige corset and a little brown skirt.
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It just felt like he didn't put in the trademark flow of ideas that suffuse his other stuff, and all that was left was obfuscation and gothness.
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Part fashion and part philosophy, “gothness” is preoccupied with all things lugubrious.
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I mean, I know emo gothness is soooo trendy right now, but how you can manage to constantly whine about everything is completely beyond me.
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Mattieu was a super uber goth with all the trimmings: fangs, cape, sherry, white face, the whole works he prided himself on his gothness and he was always planning his funeral. he wanted everyone to come in goth dress.
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She needs to stop all that wannabe goth, gothness thing.
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