单词 | not-thereness |
释义 | not-therenessn. The state of being absent or ‘not there’; (also) spec. the state of seeming absent or disconnected from immediate reality; preoccupation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > [noun] absencec1384 non-being1455 wantc1508 absenty1520 lack1548 discontinuance1583 absency1599 negativeness1876 not-thereness1902 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > abstraction, absent-mindedness > [noun] amusement1663 reverie1690 abstractedness1705 absence1709 preoccupation1788 absentness1790 abstraction1791 absent-mindedness1845 misadvertence1870 not-thereness1902 la-la land1979 1902 C. L. Cullen More Ex-tank Tales x. 204 The $300 that I had changed into $100 bills for greater safety in packing around was notorious for its not-thereness. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 261 There is something profoundly horrifying in this immense, indefinite not-thereness of the Mexican scene. 1950 A. Huxley Themes & Variations 86 Rushing from one soirée to another in a strange state of alienation and not-thereness. 1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter ii. iv. 155 Glancing down at the whiteness of her skin she feels a sensation of vertigo,..a profound and unspeakable not-thereness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902 |
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