Theseness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or characteristic of being these (something referred to). rare, uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From these + -ness.

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