beingness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).
Noun[edit]
beingness (usually uncountable, plural beingnesses)
- Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
- 1865, James Hutchison Stirling, The Secret of Hegel[1], page 263:
- Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.
- 1988, Leo Strauss, What is Political Philosophy?[2], →ISBN, page 253:
- In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.
- 2004, Richard H. Jones, Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions[3], →ISBN, page 391:
- The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.
Usage notes[edit]
This word is often found in Scientology texts.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:existence