Meaning of Englishness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality, state or characteristic of being English.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist.”

“"Unlike most nations, we no longer "own" our language. The Anglish/New English project is intended as a means of recovering the Englishness of English and of restoring ownership of the language to the English people"”

CEFR level