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otherwiseness

otherwiseness noun: the quality of being otherwise.

Noun

otherwiseness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being otherwise.
    • The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174

Origin of otherwiseness

From otherwise + -ness.

Questions about otherwiseness

What does otherwiseness mean?
Otherwiseness means the quality of being otherwise.
What part of speech is otherwiseness?
Otherwiseness is a noun.

Words near otherwiseness in the dictionary

  1. otherwhiles
  2. otherwhither
  3. otherwise
  4. otherwise engaged
  5. otherwised
  6. otherwiseness
  7. otherwize
  8. otherworld
  9. otherworldish
  10. otherworldism
  11. otherworldliness

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