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noundogness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being a dog.
The signifier dog does not signify "dogness" by virtue of some connection with the signified of dogness, but by its differential relation with other signifiers, like cat, cow, house, and so on.
2001, Simone Santini, Exploratory Image Databases: Content-Based Retrieval, page 28
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APA
dogness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogness
MLA
“dogness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogness.
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