thingness

== English == === Etymology === From thing +‎ -ness. === Noun === thingness (usually uncountable, plural thingnesses) (philosophy) The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality. 1994, Shadia B Drury, Alexandre Kojève [1] To live as a thing, to live for another and as the other expects, is to live unauthentically or in bad faith. To be true to oneself, one must reduce others to thingness and resist being so reduced. ==== See also ==== thinghood ==== References ==== "thingness", Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/thingness> [Retrieved January 8, 2005]. "thingness", Encarta World English Dictionary, <http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861719723> [Retrieved January 8, 2005]. "thingness", Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1997) <http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/thingness> [Retrieved January 8, 2005]. === Anagrams === se'nnights, sennights