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Meaning of northernness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A fascination with the northern lands of Britain and Scandinavia, but also a sense of longing for an unattainable, imaginary world.
  2. The state or quality of being northern.

Examples

“Pure "Northernness" engulfed me: a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of Northern summer, remoteness, severity…and almost at the same moment I knew that I had met this before, long, long ago.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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