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Futureness

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃənəs/ · noun

Meaning

(philosophy, psychology) The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future..

Example Sentences

To our conclusion, that TIME is the equivalent of Pastness, Presentness, and Futureness, combined, it may be objected, that the word Time is applicable to all the three cases; as we can say, past time, present time, and future time, all with equal propriety.
What is posited as future is just the futureness of a sprout. That is, the sprout that will come is not future since when it exists, it exists at the present time.
Furthermore, just as with the two passive syntheses, the third constitutive synthesis is a perspective of time giving us the elements of the futureness of the present and the futureness of the past.

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What does futureness mean?

Futureness means (philosophy, psychology) The quality of occurring in, being, or being related to the future..

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How do you use futureness in a sentence?

To our conclusion, that TIME is the equivalent of Pastness, Presentness, and Futureness, combined, it may be objected, that the word Time is applicable to all the three cases; as we can say, past time, present time, and future time, all with equal propriety.

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