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theseness

theseness noun: the quality or characteristic of being these (something referred to).

Noun

theseness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality or characteristic of being these (something referred to).
    • There is no difference between such two cliques of people except that these of theseness would arm themselves with guns and sticks, and those of thoseness would arm themselves with rosaries and miswaks.2024, Mohamed Abulinein, The Reflections, An English Translation of Mustafa Lutfi Al-Manfaluti’s ‘An-Naẓarāt’ – Part I

Origin of theseness

From these + -ness.

Questions about theseness

What does theseness mean?
Theseness means the quality or characteristic of being these (something referred to).
What part of speech is theseness?
Theseness is a noun.

Words near theseness in the dictionary

  1. these words are not in the Bible
  2. these're
  3. these've
  4. Thesean
  5. Theseion
  6. theseness
  7. theses
  8. Theseum
  9. Theseus
  10. thesicle
  11. thesicles

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