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suchness

[ suhch-nis ]

noun

  1. a fundamental, intrinsic, or characteristic quality or condition:

    seraphic indifference to the suchness of his surroundings.

  2. Buddhism. Tathata.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of suchness1

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

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Without any apparent regard to the suchness of her environment, she sat down.

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In Buddhism, there is a concept called Tathata, commonly translated as “suchness,” which is used to denote the indisputable and ultimate nature of any given thing.

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On a large scale, in this year’s nonclassical music, muchness found suchness.

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The place was so comfortable in its own skin, so at home with its own nature — its “suchness,” the Buddhists would put it — that I couldn’t help but feel the same way.

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It is precisely because you "select" and "reject" That you therefore do not perceive the Suchness of everything.

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