Beingness

Quick meaning: Beingness is a noun meaning (philosophy) Existence; the condition of a thing that is.

Meaning

(philosophy) Existence; the condition of a thing that is.

Example Sentences

Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.

In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.

The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.

Word Forms

• beingnesses

Synonyms for beingness

Depending on context, synonyms include existence, being.

Antonyms for beingness

Common opposites include nonexistence, nonbeing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include existence, being, inbeing, entity, givenness, suchness.

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