Russiannessn.
/ˈrʌʃ(ə)nnəs/, U.S. /ˈrəʃə(n)nəs/ The quality or state of being Russian.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > quality of
Russianness1907
1907 B. Pares Russia & Reform i. i. 29 Peter, in his strenuous push towards the West, and in his stubborn assertion of Russianness was a typical Russian.
1937 Sunday Times 21 Nov. 9/2 His [sc. Lenin's] essential Russianness had not been weakened by culture; it had not been Westernised by foreign contacts.
1968 Economist 9 Nov. p. x/2 This book is an account of the author's life-long love affair with Russianness.
2003 G. Shteyngart Russ. Debutante's Handbk. viii. xxxv. 417 [They] were asserting their Russianness with a kind of abbreviated Cossack dance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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