Beingness
Origin
From being + -ness. Translation of the German Seiendheit; sometimes also used to translate the simple Sein ("being").
Full definition of beingness
Noun
beingness
(uncountable)- The state or quality of being being; existence.
- 1865, w, The Secret of Hegel, Thus, from every example, we may see that Quantity always concerns a Beingness, which is indifferent to the very determinateness which it now, or at any time, has.
- 1988, w, What is Political Philosophy?, In the good painting the stone is no longer a stone, i.e., something which we could not possibly be: in the good painting the stone has become visible in its beingness; only in the work of art is the stone truly.
- 2004, Richard H. Jones, Mysticism and Morality: A New Look at Old Questions, The two approaches remain distinct ways of knowing: mystics are interested in the changeless beingness outside of time, while scientists are only interested in understanding the causes of the changes within the world of time.
Usage notes
This word is often found in Scientology texts.