otherwiseness

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noun

The quality of being otherwise.

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Meanings

nounotherwiseness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe quality of being otherwise.

    The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of its object, and is known by a sublating cognition. The illusory cognition of silver knows illusory silver, but does not know its otherwiseness.

    1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, volume 4, page 174

Origin

From otherwise + -ness.

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