Traits associated with the goth subculture, such as philosophical melancholy.
2004, Matthijs van de Port, AuthenticityThirdly, they claim ordinariness by rationalising their general status as human being, and by, at the same time, 'radiating' their gothness.
2005, Dan Vice, Little Book of GothsYour gothness is then measured by your peers with a 'gothier-than-thou' approach, facing ridicule if you are falling short.
2007, May 25, The New York Times, Art in Review, The weakest works persist in the shiny black gothness.
2008, Amy C Wilkins, Wannabes, goths, and Christians: the boundaries of sex, style, and statusThese channels allow participants to authenticate their gothness through emotional performances, but they also police the boundaries of goth darkness.
