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being-for-itself

being-for-itself noun: the nihilation of being-in-itself.

Noun

being-for-itself (uncountable)

  1. The nihilation of being-in-itself
  2. Consciousness conceived as a lack of being, a desire for being, a relation to being.
  3. The origin of negation and destruction.

Questions about being-for-itself

What does being-for-itself mean?
Being-for-itself means the nihilation of being-in-itself.
What part of speech is being-for-itself?
Being-for-itself is a noun.

Words near being-for-itself in the dictionary

  1. being the worse for drink
  2. being there
  3. being used to
  4. being with
  5. being wrong
  6. being-for-itself
  7. being-in-itself
  8. beinge
  9. beinges
  10. beinghood
  11. beingless

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