besideness

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noun

The quality of being beside.

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Meanings

nounbesideness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe quality of being beside.

    Clearly, matching is a necessary condition for besideness in a category, since if two qualia of a category fail to match there is still an M-path joining them and consequently one or more qualia lying between them.

    1977, Nelson Goodman, The Structure of Appearance

Origin

From beside + -ness.

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APA

besideness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besideness

MLA

“besideness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besideness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “besideness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besideness.

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