suchness

[ suhch-nis ]
/ ˈsʌtʃ nɪs /

noun

a fundamental, intrinsic, or characteristic quality or condition: seraphic indifference to the suchness of his surroundings.
Buddhism. Tathata.

Origin of suchness

before 1000; Old English swilcnesse (not recorded in ME); see such, -ness

Words nearby suchness

such, such and such, such as, such as it is, suchlike, suchness, suchou, suck, suck in, suck off, suck up to

Example sentences from the Web for suchness

  • The suchness of being implies a previously existing being and quiddity.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 |Plotinos (Plotinus)

  • However, how do four of these genera complete being, without nevertheless constituting the suchness (or, quality) of being?

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 |Plotinos (Plotinus)