notness

English

Etymology

not +‎ -ness

Noun

notness (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The state of not being; nonexistence.
   • 2004, Martin Kavka, Jewish messianism and the history of philosophy:

     For Heidegger, it is in the notness of nonbeing that we find the possibility for understanding an object, not simply as something other than some other sensible object but also as the being that is other than being.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:inexistence

Anagrams

• Stenson, sentons, sonnets, tensons