rooted
adjective
having roots.
rootedness
-
a word derived from
rooted.
Example Sentences
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Only the practical rationality and moral rootedness of the New World can redeem the old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
It is not just a business, but an identity, a belonging, a geographical rootedness – and the prospect of not being able to pass it on generates huge anger and emotion.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
Hale and others have noted that loyalty and rootedness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Ever since scientists discovered that trees have a certain sentience and capacity for communication, writers have thrilled to use them as metaphors for rootedness, loss, blight, interconnectedness — you name it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
And ever since we began to incur the condescension of foreigners by trying to be American, we have been conscious of this weak- rootedness in our literature and trying to remedy it.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
