单词 | thoughtness |
释义 | thoughtnessn. Chiefly Philosophy. The fact or quality of being thought or mentally discerned. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > idealism > [noun] > fact of being thought or mentally conceived thoughtness1865 1865 J. Grote Exploratio Philosophica Pt. I i. 140 I recognise two manners of existence,..thinkingness and thoughtness, and it is the latter which, when we believe the thought correct or justified, we call phenomenal existence or matter. 1905 Athenæum 11 Mar. 306/3 In the dead-alive fashion of the functions of a thinking apotheosized as a thoughtness. 1929 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 11 Oct. 12/3 A thing must be a thought first. ‘The thoughtness of things’ is true. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 July 4 Thoughtness is the aim of Herbert's poetry, his poems on political themes are not reportorial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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