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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

otherwiseness en · NOUN

Etymology

From otherwise + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being otherwise.
    • The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness. 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174: