Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: be-ing-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Existence; the condition of a thing that is.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: being

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

beingnesses (plural)

Phrases

state of beingness

Frequently Paired Words

beingdom beinghood doingness nothingness

Synonyms

being existence face of the earth

Questions

What does beingness mean?: Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
Where does beingness come from?: Calque of German Seiendheit, equivalent to English being + -ness. Occasionally also used to translate German Sein (“being”).

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