beingness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Existence; the condition of a thing that is.

Word forms

beingness beingnesses

Etymology

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

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