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THERENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thereness mean?
• THERENESS (noun)
The noun THERENESS has 2 senses:
1. real existence
2. the state of being there--not here--in position
Familiarity information: THERENESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Real existence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
things are really there...capture the thereness of them
Hypernyms ("thereness" is a kind of...):
presence (the state of being present; current existence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being there--not here--in position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thereness" is a kind of...):
presence (the state of being present; current existence)
Antonym:
hereness (the state of being here in this place)
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