sourceness

English

Etymology

source +‎ -ness

Noun

sourceness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality or condition of having a source.
   • 1973, William Bradley, Art: magic, impulse, and control: a guide to viewing‎^[1]:

     But when we look at certain subject matter — e.g., interpretations of conditional aloneness, groupness, sourceness, or power — we are often moved by our own archetypal responses to them.

   • 1989, Ray Harlow, Robin Hooper, Linguistic Society of New Zealand, VICAL 1: Oceanic languages : papers from the Fifth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Auckland, New Zealand, January 1988

     In their combination of sourceness and goalness into a single participant, experienced actions somewhat resemble reflexive predications.