And ever since we began to incur the condescension of foreigners by trying to be American, we have been conscious of this weak- Rootedness in our literature and trying to remedy it.
"Definitions"
Henry Seidel Canby
To be sure, the vast majority of English people are constantly guilty of hypocritical practices, but that, as a rule, is mere testimony to the Rootedness of their orthodox faith.
"The Emancipated"
George Gissing