Czechness

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Czechness (uncountable)

The quality or characteristic of being Czech.
- 1999 May 2, Derek Katz, “MUSIC: Reading the Future in Readings of ‘Rusalka’”, in New York Times, retrieved 12 Dec. 2009:
  Smetana's romantic comedy epitomizes one stereotype of Czechness: happy villagers in quaint peasant garb, dancing polkas and skocnas in the local pub while singing hymns in praise of beer.
- 2009 January 8, Stephan Delbos, “A literal literary pub crawl”, in The Prague Post, retrieved 12 Dec. 2009:
  "I want people to find my work more European than specifically Czech, but I can't deny the Czechness present in my writing," he said.

state or quality of being Czech