withness

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noun

The quality of being or doing with something.

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Meanings

nounwithness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe quality of being or doing with something.

    Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.

    2000, Sharon Warner, Experiencing the Knowing of Faith, page 113
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    Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral.

    2009, Eric Manning, Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy, page 6

Origin

From with + -ness.

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APA

withness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withness

MLA

“withness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “withness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withness.

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