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beinghood

beinghood noun: the state, quality, or condition of being or existing; existence.

Noun

beinghood (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being or existing; existence.
    • As it is alone supposable that subjective mind can operate on objective substance; as it is not conceivable that objective material can itself be the absolute basis or foundation of beinghood, or can of itself, and as such, [...]1887, George Jamieson, Discussions on the atonement: Is it vicarious?
    • Is the universal of beinghood itself being or not-being?1987, Sukharanjan Saha, Perspectives on Nyaya logic and epistemology
  2. Personhood; personality.
    • [...] to the whole notion, that this realized Personality is, of right, not attributable to the Divine Beinghood, which to me is of right but symbolical, but needful to be known by us as only affecting the human Self.1873, Sara S. Hennell, Present religion: as a faith owning fellowship with thought

Examples of beinghood in a sentence

  • Let us therefore obtain an account from both kinds of men in turn on behalf of the beinghood they posit.1997, Plato, Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Plato's Sophist, or, The professor of wisdom:
  • For an individual to enjoy beinghood, they must have the capacity for subjective experiences [...]2011, Henri Colt, Silvia Quadrelli, Friedman Lester, The Picture of Health:

Origin of beinghood

From being + -hood.

Words formed from beinghood

  • human-beinghood
  • infinite-beinghood

Questions about beinghood

What does beinghood mean?
Beinghood means the state, quality, or condition of being or existing; existence.
How do you use beinghood in a sentence?
Let us therefore obtain an account from both kinds of men in turn on behalf of the beinghood they posit.
What part of speech is beinghood?
Beinghood is a noun.

Words near beinghood in the dictionary

  1. being wrong
  2. being-for-itself
  3. being-in-itself
  4. beinge
  5. beinges
  6. beinghood
  7. beingless
  8. beinglessness
  9. beingly
  10. beingness
  11. beingnesses

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