He is struggling with his rootlessness as an Indian in Australia.
Her sense of rootlessness became more pronounced.
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Meaning of rootlessness in English
(Definition of rootlessness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of rootlessness
rootlessness
The result is a kind of rootlessness of the personality.
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Perhaps he had sensed the rootlessness and evanescence of the power and influence of evangelists without their own base.
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Relatedly, uncritical deployment of diaspora and rootlessness diverts attention from examining borders that exclude and/or lock in people and the legal structures that determine juridical-political identities.
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The emphasis was on rootlessness.
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We know from all modern studies that modern society suffers from rootlessness and modern man from rootlessness.
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Migration, movement about and rootlessness have contributed to many social problems.
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But that is just one case of the rootlessness of people who do not belong anywhere.
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There is more affluence in our society but also more rootlessness.
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In the new towns there is a rootlessness; there are not the grandmothers—there is not that generation which one has in two-generation towns.
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Part of the problem is the feeling of rootlessness that comes to these young people.
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That rootlessness is a major and peculiar danger, especially for those who are young.
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I am convinced that many psychological problems arise from rootlessness and not belonging to anyone.
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Does not homelessness have its foundations in rootlessness?
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There is increasing rootlessness in society, with people moving around—getting on their bikes to look for work, and others living in bedsit land who move from place to place.
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The sense of community among all of us, and the need to avoid rootlessness and the lack of responsibility that follows from that, are perhaps the most important factors.
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