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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

withness en · NOUN

Etymology

From with + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being or doing with something.
    • Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral. 2009, Eric Manning, Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy, page 6:
    • Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate. 2000, Sharon Warner, Experiencing the Knowing of Faith, page 113: