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antisphexishness

antisphexishness noun: the state or condition of being antisphexish.

Noun

antisphexishness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being antisphexish.
    • I propose to call the quality here portrayed sphexishness, and its opposite antisphexishness (a vexish word to pronounce!), and then I propose that consciousness is simply the possession of antisphexishness to the highest possible degree. The point is that sphexishness and antisphexishness are two...1985, Douglas Hofstadter, “On the Seeming Paradox of Mechanizing Creativity”, in Metamagical Themas, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, page 529
    • Do you have to yank out your own antisphexishness routines in order not to be bored by eternal life? (I.e., modify yourself so that you have "fun" in spending a thousand years carving table legs, a la "Permutation City".)2002 January 25, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Singularity Fun Theory (was: Ethical basics)”, in SL4 mailing list, message-ID <3C520756.75D27ADC@pobox.com>

Origin of antisphexishness

From antisphexish + -ness, coined by Douglas Hofstadter.

Questions about antisphexishness

What does antisphexishness mean?
Antisphexishness means the state or condition of being antisphexish.
What part of speech is antisphexishness?
Antisphexishness is a noun.

Words near antisphexishness in the dictionary

  1. antisperm
  2. antispermatogenic
  3. antisphaleron
  4. antisphalerons
  5. antisphexish
  6. antisphexishness
  7. antispike
  8. antispill
  9. antispillage
  10. antispin
  11. antispindle

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