Thingness

Quick meaning: Thingness is a noun meaning (philosophy) The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.

Meaning

(philosophy) The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.

Example Sentences

The thingness of a thing precedes the conscious perception of its sensual properties.

Whether we dwell in the thingness of fixity or the thingness of wujūd, we are “at” the wujūd of the Real.

Word Forms

• thingnesses

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thinginess, thisness, somethingness, somewhatness, thingliness, thatness.

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