suchness

== English == === Etymology === From English dialect, from Middle English swichnesse (“the quality or nature of a thing”), from Old English swilċnes (“quality”), equivalent to such +‎ -ness. Reinforced also as a calque of Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā). === Noun === suchness (usually uncountable, plural suchnesses) The natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth. (philosophy, chiefly Buddhism) Existence per se. Synonyms: tathata, thusness ca. 1928, Hans Driesch, "Philosophy of Nature", in, 1928, Edward Leroy Schaub, ed., Philosophy Today: Essays on Recent Developments in the Field of Philosophy, page 431, The same relation may prevail between the suchness of willing in men and the realization of that willing. 1955, J. D. Salinger, "Franny", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 22, Without any apparent regard for the suchness of her environment, she sat down. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === tathātā on Wikipedia.Wikipedia