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suchness

The English word “suchness” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The natural state of a person or thing; quality; character or worth.
  2. Existence per se.

Etymology

From English dialect, from Middle English swichnesse (“the quality or nature of a thing”), from Old English swilċnes (“quality”), equivalent to such + -ness. Reinforced also as a calque of Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).

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