Meaning & use
Placelessness
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The quality or condition of lacking a distinctive sense of place, character, or local identity.
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Critics describe the identical shopping malls springing up worldwide as symbols of modern placelessness.
The novel explores the placelessness felt by immigrants caught between two cultures.
A note on using this word
The concept of "placelessness" became influential in human geography through Edward Relph's 1976 book Place and Placelessness, which examined the erosion of distinctive local environments.
Words with a similar meaning
rootlessnessanonymity
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Words with an opposite meaning
belongingrootedness
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