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maybeness

maybeness noun: uncertainty.

Noun

maybeness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Uncertainty.
    • This "maybeness" of our knowing and not knowing, however, is sharply contrasted with the goal of Jaina yoga. For the Buddhist the goal is to eliminate suffering in nirvana, but the Jaina yogi's goal is omniscience.1993, John C. Plott, James Michael Dolin, Global History of Philosophy, page 348
    • As I will demonstrate through the remainder of this book, that “maybeness” is built into O'Brien's works on the pages published and in the pages they might have been […]2017, John K. Young, How to Revise a True War Story, page 30

Origin of maybeness

From maybe + -ness.

Questions about maybeness

What does maybeness mean?
Maybeness means uncertainty.
What part of speech is maybeness?
Maybeness is a noun.

Words near maybeness in the dictionary

  1. Maybee
  2. Maybees
  3. maybeish
  4. Maybel
  5. Maybelle
  6. maybeness
  7. Mayberry
  8. Mayberry Machiavelli
  9. Mayberry Machiavellis
  10. maybes
  11. maybeso

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