different between actuality vs thingness

English

Etymology

actual +? -ity

• (television): Influenced by French actualité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æktju?æl?ti/, /?ækt?u?æl?ti/

Noun

actuality (countable and uncountable, plural actualities)

1. The state of existing; existence.
2. An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
3. (television) Live reporting on current affairs.
4. (historical, film) A short early motion picture.

Translations

English

Etymology

thing +? -ness

Noun

thingness (usually uncountable, plural thingnesses)

1. The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.
   • 1994, Shadia B Drury, Alexandre Kojève [1]

     To live as a thing, to live for another and as the other expects, is to live unauthentically or in bad faith. To be true to oneself, one must reduce others to thingness and resist being so reduced.

See also

• thinghood

References

• "thingness", Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/thingness> [Retrieved January 8, 2005].
• "thingness", Encarta World English Dictionary, <http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861719723> [Retrieved January 8, 2005].
• "thingness", Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1997) <http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/thingness> [Retrieved January 8, 2005].

Anagrams

• se'nnights, sennights