Definition & Meaning | English word ABORIGINALITY

Definitions of ABORIGINALITY

1. The distinctive culture of aboriginal peoples
2. The spiritual bonds between the aboriginal people and their place of heritage.
3. The quality of being aboriginal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Examples of Using ABORIGINALITY in a Sentence

• In Australia, the term "half-caste", along with any other proportional representation of Aboriginality (such as "part-aborigine", "full-blood", "quarter-caste", "octoroon", "mulatto", or "hybrid") are defunct descriptors that are highly offensive it use is Aboriginal peoples of Australia mostly in historical documents, as it is associated with assimilationist policies of the past.
• However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginality, mateship, egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and "the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush.
• While in Alice Springs the Pope gave a speech to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which inspired Collins to encourage Indigenous Catholics to express their Aboriginality within their Catholic faith, allowing the use of didgeridoos, clapsticks and smoking ceremonies as part of Mass.
• Causing some backlash in the Aboriginal community, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (reconstructionists of the Palawa kani language) protested that the Premier of Tasmania's proposals would mean that residents need only "'tick a box' if they wanted to claim Aboriginality" and that "the community would be 'swamped with white people'".

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