单词 | my-ness |
释义 | my-nessn. rare before 20th cent. The fact of being individual; separateness of the self; (esp. in Indian philosophy) personal interest in or attachment to something. Also: the fact or state of possessing something; ownership; possessiveness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > ownership or proprietorship owingc1450 ownership1583 proprietary1624 dominion1651 my-ness1662 proprietorship1817 mine-ness1920 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood personage1531 selfhood1568 identity1596 selfness1611 personship1645 egoity1651 I-hood1653 ipseity1659 inbeing1661 minehood1662 my-ness1662 selfship1664 personal identity1694 seity1709 personality1710 proprium1781 me1828 I-shipa1834 I-ety1835 selfdom1848 ownhood1856 I-ness1870 ego-hood1873 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] > inordinate desire of possessions greediness1154 greedilaikc1175 yissingc1275 covetise1297 covetingc1315 winningheadc1315 concupiscencec1340 avaricec1386 greedy worm1430 cupidity1436 covetousness1526 avariciousness1560 greed1609 an itching palma1616 gripulousness1633 havingness1646 avarition1661 my-ness1662 aviditya1680 gripingness1683 ingordigiousnessa1734 graspingness1747 accumulativeness1821 acquisitiveness1826 pleonexia1858 possessiveness1864 over-greed1867 appropriativeness1882 1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike Pref. to Rdr. sig. c4 It comprehends all things, which man in his Own-ness, Selfish-ness and My-ness,..cannot understand. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind xxxiii. 325 ‘The baby's mine, Diamond.’ ‘That makes her the more mine, mother.’ ‘How do you make that out?’ ‘Because you're mine, mother.’ ‘Is that because you love me?’ ‘Yes, just because. Love makes the only myness,’ said Diamond. 1930 Jrnl. Philos. 27 412 The second step points out the Jemeinigkeit of existence, the ‘ever my-ness’ of existence. 1958 tr. Bhagavad Gītā in W. T. de Bary Sources Indian Trad. xiii. 299 He who does not entertain hatred towards any being, who is friendly and ever compassionate, free from all sense of ‘my-ness’, free from egoism, even-tempered. 1991 S. Spindler Learn to Live 65 There is no ‘I-ness’ and ‘My-ness’ in love. Love is a foundation of oneness. 1993 V. Seth Suitable Boy (1994) xiii. 961 The sense of ‘myness’ that she had had towards her before Aparna had grown into a clearly differentiated..individual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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