ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thinglike

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Thinglike is an adjective meaning (philosophy) Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.

Meaning

(philosophy) Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.

Example Sentences

Although Tex had assured me only the other day that New Yorkers prized intelligence, I wasn’t sure mine could be counted on. It didn’t feel like a thing in our very thinglike world, a world where identity began with the choice of massive automobile […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include objectlike, entitylike, quasi, thingy, classlike, matterlike.

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