different between suchness vs such

English

Etymology

From such +? -ness, a calque of Sanskrit ????? (tath?t?).

Noun

suchness (usually uncountable, plural suchnesses)

1. (philosophy, chiefly Buddhism) Existence per se.

   Synonyms: tathata, thusness

   • ca. 1928, Hans Driesch, "Philosophy of Nature", in, 1928, Edward Leroy Schaub, ed., Philosophy Today: Essays on Recent Developments in the Field of Philosophy, page 431,

     The same relation may prevail between the suchness of willing in men and the realization of that willing.

   • 1955, J. D. Salinger, "Franny", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 22,

     Without any apparent regard for the suchness of her environment, she sat down.

   • 1988, Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart: From Mindfulness to Insight Contemplation, Parallax Press, ?ISBN, page 94,

     Rather than give an answer, you have to section the tangerine and invite the questioner to have a taste. Doing this, you allow him or her to enter the suchness of the tangerine without any verbal or conceptual description.

Translations

Further reading

• tath?t? on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• sich, sech (dialectal)
• soch, soche (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English such, swuch, swich, swilch, swulch, from Old English swel?, from Proto-Germanic *swal?kaz (“so formed, so like”), equivalent to so +? like. Cognate with Scots swilk, sic, sik (“such”), Saterland Frisian suk (“such”), West Frisian suk, sok (“such”), Dutch zulk (“such”), Low German sölk, sulk, sülk, suk (“such”), German solch (“such”), Danish slig (“like that, such”), Swedish slik (“such”), Icelandic slíkur (“such”). More at so, like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Determiner

such

1. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
2. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.

3. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
4. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.

   • In rushed one and tells him such a knight / Is new arrived.

   • To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.

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Pronoun

such

1. A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
   • 1804, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, The Tatler, C. Whittingham, John Sharpe, page 315:

     These oraculous proficients are day and night employed in deep searches for the direction of such as run astray after their lost goods : but at present they are more particularly serviceable to their country in foretelling the fate of such as have chances in the public lottery.

Translations

Noun

such (plural suches)

1. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.

Related terms

Anagrams

• CHUs, Cush, cush, hucs

German

Pronunciation

Verb

such

1. second-person singular imperative present of suchen

Middle English

Determiner

such

1. Alternative form of swich