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thrownness

thrownness noun: the Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.

Noun

thrownness (uncountable)

  1. The Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.

Origin of thrownness

Calque of German Geworfenheit as thrown + -ness.

Questions about thrownness

What does thrownness mean?
Thrownness means the Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.
What part of speech is thrownness?
Thrownness is a noun.

Words near thrownness in the dictionary

  1. thrown under a bus
  2. thrown up
  3. thrown up one's hands
  4. thrown up the sponge
  5. thrown wobblies
  6. thrownness
  7. throwoff
  8. throwoffs
  9. throwout
  10. throwouts
  11. throwover

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