Unsense

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack or absence of sense; senselessness; nonsense. uncountable

    "It is a matter of pressing to the threshold of sense, where unsense is simply the nascent becoming-sense of sense […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove or deprive of the senses; cause to be insensible. transitive

Synonyms

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senselessnesssenselessness

Example

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"It is a matter of pressing to the threshold of sense, where unsense is simply the nascent becoming-sense of sense […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- (“absence of, lack of”) + sense.

Etymology 2

From un- (“reversal, removal”) + sense. Distant cognate with German entsinnen (“to reflect”).

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