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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

theseness en · NOUN

Etymology

From these + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being these (something referred to).
    • There is no difference between such two cliques of people except that these of theseness would arm themselves with guns and sticks, and those of thoseness would arm themselves with rosaries and miswaks. 2024, Mohamed Abulinein, The Reflections, An English Translation of Mustafa Lutfi Al-Manfaluti’s ‘An-Naẓarāt’ – Part I:

Relateds

thisness · thoseness · thatness