Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

notness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: not-ness
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of not being; nonexistence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From not + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: not

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does notness mean?: The state of not being; nonexistence.
Where does notness come from?: From not + -ness.

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