thingness

thing·ness

noun \ˈthiŋ-nəs\

Definition of THINGNESS

: the quality or state of objective existence or reality

Examples of THINGNESS

1. <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>

First Known Use of THINGNESS

1896

Related to THINGNESS

Synonyms: actuality, corporality, corporeality, reality, subsistence, existence

Antonyms: inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothingness, unreality

Related Words: genuineness, realness; activity, animation, life; currency, presence, prevalence

Near Antonyms: absence, dearth, lack, want; potentiality, virtuality

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