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Webster 1913 Edition


Aboriginality

Abˊo-rigˊi-nal′i-ty

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Noun.
The quality of being aboriginal.
Westm. Rev.

Definition 2024


aboriginality

aboriginality

English

Noun

aboriginality (plural aboriginalities)

  1. The quality of being aboriginal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
  2. The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples
  3. The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6