Beingness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Existence; the condition of a thing that is. uncountable, usually

    "Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has."

  2. 2
    the state or fact of existing wordnet

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beingbeingexistenceface of the earth

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"Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has."

Etymology

Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).

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