suchness
nounDefinition of suchness
1 : the quality or state of being such : essential or characteristic quality without any apparent regard to the suchness of her environment, she sat down— J. D. Salinger
2
Buddhism
: nameless and characterless reality in its ultimate nature
— called also
tathata, thusness
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