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); such, -ness
Example Sentences
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Without any apparent regard to the suchness of her environment, she sat down.
From Literature
In Buddhism, there is a concept called Tathata, commonly translated as “suchness,” which is used to denote the indisputable and ultimate nature of any given thing.
From New York Times
On a large scale, in this year’s nonclassical music, muchness found suchness.
From New York Times
The place was so comfortable in its own skin, so at home with its own nature — its “suchness,” the Buddhists would put it — that I couldn’t help but feel the same way.
From New York Times
It is precisely because you "select" and "reject" That you therefore do not perceive the Suchness of everything.
From Project Gutenberg
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