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单词 thingness
释义

thingness

noun

thing·​ness ˈthiŋ-nəs How to pronounce thingness (audio)
: the quality or state of objective existence or reality

Synonyms

  • actuality
  • corporality
  • corporeality
  • existence
  • reality
  • subsistence
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Example Sentences

conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object
Recent Examples on the Web But these moments of exhilaration, and greatness, and surprise are too often offset by a too-much-of-a-good-thingness (especially due to length), and carbon copied moments from Empire and Jedi. Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

thingness

noun

as in existence
the fact of being or of being real conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • existence
  • corporeality
  • corporality
  • reality
  • subsistence
  • presence
  • actuality
  • prevalence
  • realness
  • activity
  • animation
  • genuineness
  • currency
  • life

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nothingness
  • unreality
  • nonexistence
  • absence
  • nonbeing
  • lack
  • inexistence
  • potentiality
  • want
  • dearth
  • virtuality
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