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suchnesses

suchnesses is the plural of suchness.

Meaning of suchness

Noun

suchness (usually uncountable, plural suchnesses)

  1. (usually) The natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth.
    • The importance of which may be fully and plainly rendered thus; that since nothing in the Universe stands possessed of a Real or True Nature, i.e. doth constantly and invariately hold the precise Quale, or Suchness of their particular Entity, to Eternity; […]1654, Walter Charleton, Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana
  2. (usually) Existence per se.
    • ca. 1928, Hans Driesch, "Philosophy of Nature", in, 1928, Edward Leroy Schaub, ed., Philosophy Today: Essays on Recent Developments in the Field of Philosophy, page 431,
      The same relation may prevail between the suchness of willing in men and the realization of that willing.
    Synonyms:
    tathata, thusness

Questions about suchnesses

What is suchnesses the plural of?
Suchnesses is the plural of suchness.

Words near suchnesses in the dictionary

  1. Suchitra
  2. suchlike
  3. suchlikes
  4. suchly
  5. suchness
  6. suchnesses
  7. Suchocki
  8. Suchockis
  9. suchomimus
  10. suchomimuses
  11. Suchos

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