English Explanatory Dictionary

thing-in-itself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

Word forms

thing-in-itself things-in-themselves thing in itself

Etymology

Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.

Synonyms

noumenon

Antonyms

phenomenon
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