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isness

isness noun: the quality of being; existence as something.

Noun

isness (uncountable)

  1. (spirituality) The quality of being; existence as something.
    • When I am in my isness, thoroughly purged of all intellectual sediments, I have my freedom in its primary sense.1970, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, Volumes 0-9842
    • Isness always indicates identity of the other or another in an objective way.1978, Charles B. Ketcham, A theology of encounter: the ontological ground for a new Christology

Origin of isness

From is + -ness.

Questions about isness

What does isness mean?
Isness means the quality of being; existence as something.
What part of speech is isness?
Isness is a noun.

Words near isness in the dictionary

  1. isnae
  2. Isnag
  3. Isneg
  4. Isner
  5. Isners
  6. isness
  7. Isnik
  8. Isnotreal
  9. isnt
  10. Isntreal
  11. iso

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