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withness

withness noun: the quality of being or doing with something.

Noun

withness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or doing with something.
    • Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.2000, Sharon Warner, Experiencing the Knowing of Faith, page 113
    • Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral.2009, Eric Manning, Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy, page 6

Origin of withness

From with + -ness.

Questions about withness

What does withness mean?
Withness means the quality of being or doing with something.
What part of speech is withness?
Withness is a noun.

Words near withness in the dictionary

  1. withinwards
  2. Withlacoochee
  3. Withnailesque
  4. Withnall
  5. Withnell
  6. withness
  7. withold
  8. witholden
  9. witholding
  10. witholds
  11. without

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