Movingness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The power or property of moving; momentum. uncountable
"Furthermore, although Confucianism admits that Being is also an ontological movement, it can at best explicate the "movingness" (Bewegtheit) of this ontological movement in terms of the alternation between yin and yang."
- 2 A quality that suggests movement. uncountable
"Slowed down to simulate the successive phase, the really-moving light loses its blur of movingness."
- 3 The quality of being emotionally moving. uncountable
"The scene, although rural enough, was yet one of sparkle, movingness, and beauty."
Example
More examples"Furthermore, although Confucianism admits that Being is also an ontological movement, it can at best explicate the "movingness" (Bewegtheit) of this ontological movement in terms of the alternation between yin and yang."
Etymology
From moving + -ness.
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