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单词 somethingness
释义

somethingnessn.

Etymology: formed as something n. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsomethingness.
The fact or state of being something; real or material existence, entity.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > reality or quality of being real
reality1545
formality1570
trueness1604
realness1612
thatness1643
positivity1659
actualness1668
positiveness1668
thingsomeness1674
somethingness1675
thingship1697
authenticity1839
thingness1840
truth1842
isness1865
thinginess1891
1675 T. Duffett Mock-tempest v. ii. 46 The nothingness of the Mouse,..the somethingness, yea the fullness of hit.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 49 What an unusual share of somethingness in his whole appearance.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 204 A star falls, and we track a cold dark mass Of trembling half-transparent somethingness.
1890 Universal Rev. 15 June 247 The stages..have invariably been from a nothingness of ignorant impotence to a little somethingness of highly self-conscious, arduous performance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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