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beingness

beingness noun: existence; the condition of a thing that is.

Noun

beingness (usually uncountable, plural beingnesses)

  1. (usually) Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
    • Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel, page 263
    • In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.1988, Leo Strauss, What is Political Philosophy?, →ISBN, page 253

Forms of beingness

pluralbeingnesses

Origin of beingness

Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).

Words formed from beingness

Questions about beingness

What does beingness mean?
Beingness means existence; the condition of a thing that is.
What part of speech is beingness?
Beingness is a noun.
What is the plural of beingness?
The plural of beingness is beingnesses.

Words near beingness in the dictionary

  1. beinges
  2. beinghood
  3. beingless
  4. beinglessness
  5. beingly
  6. beingness
  7. beingnesses
  8. beings
  9. beining
  10. beinked
  11. beins

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