howness

H4O1W4N1E1S1S1

noun

The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

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Meanings

nounhowness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

    Because every being is determined by the what and the how and is unveiled as a being in its whatness and howness, its being-what and being-how, the copula is necessarily ambiguous.

    1988, Martin Heidegger, The basic problems of phenomenology

Origin

From how + -ness.

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howness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/howness

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“howness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/howness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “howness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/howness.

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