: the quality or state of objective existence or reality
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Examples of thingness in a Sentence
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.
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Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017
Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near thingness
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“Thingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thingness. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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