单词 | mine-ness |
释义 | mine-nessn. Chiefly Philosophy. The quality or fact of being mine; a state of self-identity or possessiveness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > ownership or proprietorship owingc1450 ownership1583 proprietary1624 dominion1651 my-ness1662 proprietorship1817 mine-ness1920 1920 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 30 311 The state, as soon as it crystallizes itself into shape, conjures up mamatva (‘mine’-ness..) or svatva..out of primitive chaos or socioplasmic anarchy. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 109 It is more mine because this mine-ness is shared by Dina and Simeon. 1961 N. Guru tr. Bhagavad Gita xiii. 524 He who is free from possessiveness, (mine-ness), and egoism. 1990 D. Zohar Quantum Self ix. 107 There are..moments when we fight..to maintain our sense of ‘I-ness’ and ‘mine-ness’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920 |
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