suchness
Americannoun
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a fundamental, intrinsic, or characteristic quality or condition.
seraphic indifference to the suchness of his surroundings.
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Buddhism. Tathata.
Etymology
Origin of suchness
before 1000; Old English swilcnesse (not recorded in ME); see such, -ness
Example Sentences
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On a large scale, in this year’s nonclassical music, muchness found suchness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2015
Without any apparent regard to the suchness of her environment, she sat down.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Nevertheless we speak of its being able to do the work of purity because it in its turn is perfumed by suchness.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
This perfuming of suchness therefore continues for ever, though the stage of the perfuming of avidyâ comes to an end with the Buddhas when they attain to nirvâ@na.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
He even carries his desires into the region of English grammar, and, for degrees of comparison, proposes the phrase pitches of suchness.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
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