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beingness

being·ness

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noun

1.

the state or fact of existing

  • “a point of view gradually coming into being”
  • “laws in existence for centuries”
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Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).

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