thingness

Noun

uncountable usually

The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.

Japanese Meaning

物質的なものの性質 / 客観性 / 実態 / 現実性

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The thingness of the antique vase made the curator pause, feeling its history in every chip and glaze.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

骨董品の花瓶が持つ物としての性質に、学芸員は立ち止まり、欠けや釉薬の一つひとつから歴史を感じた。

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Sense（1）

The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.

To live as a thing, to live for another and as the other expects, is to live unauthentically or in bad faith. To be true to oneself, one must reduce others to thingness and resist being so reduced.

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thingnesses

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