Somewhereness

Origin

somewhere + -ness

Full definition of somewhereness

Noun

1. The state or quality of being in, occurring in, or belonging to a specific place.
• 1984, Benjamin R. Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age, University of California Press (1984), ISBN 9780520051157, page 64:For politics is defined by its somewhereness, its concrete historicity in the real world of human beings.
2. The state or quality of existing in a place that is unknown or cannot be pinpointed.
• 1928, Warwick Deeping, Old Pybus, Alfred A. Knopf (1928), page 230:Mary Merris had found it good to shed tears in this little, funny old room, wherein an old man who had looked on life had brought into being a beautiful faith in the essential somewhereness of God.
3. The unique characteristics imparted on a wine by the conditions of the place in which it was grown.
• 2004, Matt Kramer (wine writer), New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond, Running Press (2004), ISBN 0762419644, page 334:Comparing them is an ideal lesson in California wine somewhereness.

Synonyms

• (wine) terroir