originariness

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English

Etymology

From originary +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əɹɪd͡ʒˈn̩ɛɹinəs/

Noun

originariness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being originary.
    • 1989, Rosalind E. Krauss, The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths, MIT Press, pages 160–161:
      This origin is what the genius of the grid is supposed to manifest to us as viewers: an indisputable zero-ground beyond which there is no further model, or referent, or text. Except that this experience of originariness, felt by generations of artists, critics, and viewers is itself false, a fiction.