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Meaning of "thinginess" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THINGINESS

thinginess  [ˈθɪŋɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THINGINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thinginess is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THINGINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thinginess in the English dictionary

The definition of thinginess in the dictionary is the state or quality of being real or substantive. Other definition of thinginess is the state of being concerned with practical matters or real things.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THINGINESS


anus
ˈeɪnəs
cleanliness
ˈklɛnlɪnəs
clinginess
ˈklɪŋɪnəs
emptiness
ˈɛmptɪnəs
endogenous
ɛnˈdɒdʒɪnəs
exogenous
ɛkˈsɒdʒɪnəs
homogenous
həˈmɒdʒɪnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
Janus
ˈdʒeɪnəs
Linus
ˈlaɪnəs
loneliness
ˈləʊnlɪnəs
luminous
ˈluːmɪnəs
manus
ˈmeɪnəs
minus
ˈmaɪnəs
mountainous
ˈmaʊntɪnəs
pandanus
pænˈdeɪnəs
sinus
ˈsaɪnəs
tanginess
ˈtæŋɪnəs
terminus
ˈtɜːmɪnəs
Uranus
jʊˈreɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THINGINESS

thindown
thine
thing
thing-in-itself
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingamy
thingamybob
thingamyjig
thinghood
thingliness
thingness
things
thingumabob
thingumajig
thingumbob
thingummy
thingummybob
thingy
think

WORDS THAT END LIKE THINGINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
core business
dizziness
do the business
e-business
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of thinginess in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thinginess» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THINGINESS

Find out the translation of thinginess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thinginess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thinginess» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

thinginess
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thinginess
570 millions of speakers

English

thinginess
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thinginess
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

thinginess
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

thinginess
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thinginess
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thinginess
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thinginess
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesungguhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thinginess
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thinginess
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thinginess
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thinginess
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thinginess
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thinginess
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोष्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thinginess
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thinginess
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thinginess
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thinginess
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thinginess
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thinginess
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thinginess
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thinginess
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thinginess
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thinginess

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGINESS»

The term «thinginess» is used very little and occupies the 167.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THINGINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thinginess

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINGINESS»

Discover the use of thinginess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thinginess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nature Knowledge: Ethnoscience, Cognition, and Utility
In an important sense, then, the objective "thinginess" of nature sets it apart from many other semantic domains (Ellen 1996), and what separates it from other domains that classify objects (say, cultural objects) is the degree to which we can  ...
Glauco Sanga, Gherardo Ortalli, 2003
2
Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, ...
thinginess a thing (noun) has. The thinginess of 'hill', for example, is very different from that of 'sky'. Even more different is the thinginess of 'chair' compared with ' war', 'government', 'shopping' and so on. Some of thesenounsare not really ...
David Katan,, 2014
3
Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones
Thinginess. Of all the Manhattans worth daydreaming about, my favorite occurs somewhere between 1950 and 1953. But it's not one of the many overlapping bohemias of that era, not the early Beats or the Abstract Expressionists.
David Smay, 2007
4
Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America
Jews cannot escape the “thinginess” of things during the Sabbath. Things are everywhere present as markers of beauty, awe, and mystery. Put simply, one cannot imagine things in time without juxtaposing them to things of space. In their very ...
Ken Koltun-Fromm, 2010
5
Grammatical Metaphor: Views from Systemic Functional Linguistics
(iii) GM and LM show a move towards 'thinginess '. As Halliday formulates it, we can recognise in the operation of GM a general drift towards "thinginess" (1998: 211). This means that the different types of GM all tend to realise shifts in the ...
A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen, Miriam Taverniers, Louise Ravelli, 2003
6
The Book of Ruby
This is the result: The inspect method can be used with all objects and. t = Thing. new( "A Thing", "a lovely thing full of thinginess" ) t.aMethod( "A ... lovely thing full of thinginess"> t2 = Thing2.new( "A Thing2", "a Thing2 thing of great. 26 Chapter 2.
Huw Collingbourne, 2011
7
Stuff Theory: Everyday Objects, Radical Materialism
The process of becoming trash is a process of disqualification in which things are reduced to that de-individualizing 'thinginess'—fluid and without attributes.” Recycling is supposed to reinvest materiality with its lost properties and value.
Maurizia Boscagli, 2014
8
Ibrahim & Reenie
'I'm just overcome by the... thinginess... ofit all.' Thinginess? Thinginess? And thekids all nodded and hummed asif theWomble's words had illuminated thegreatest oflife's mysteries. Reenie hadseen and heardenough. She gotup without ...
David Llewellyn, 2013
9
Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, Nature
To follow this will not result in a final object but will offer a glimpse of the material "thinginess" of an animal. In his discussion of "Thing theory" Bill Brown writes: We begin to confront the thinginess of objects when they stop working for us ...
Sidney I. Dobrin, Sean Morey, 2009
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Synopses of Monographical Studies on Chinese History and ...
Kuo Hsiang (JgJi) was of the opinion that thinginess must be derived from thinginess; if there is no thinginess before thinginess, even tao is unable to create thinginess out of nothingness; and thinginess is always nature and natural.
‎1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINGINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thinginess is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reviews: Hans Magnus Enzensberger's New Selected Poems and …
... forgotten, some of the translated poems lack the grip and density, the patterning and thinginess we want from poems alongside clarity, intelligence and feeling. «Irish Times, Jun 15»
2
Digital Underground
... the digital era by connecting old-fashioned collectors, who are often still firmly dedicated to the "thinginess" of recordings, with archivists and others working on ... «NPR, Jun 15»
3
Be careful with pubic hair: 6 lessons the Birthday Boys learned from …
FERGUSON: I also think we wrote a little more to our—I'll coin a term— “thinginess,” coming up with a thing that's not necessarily topical but something that is a ... «Entertainment Weekly, Oct 14»
4
Mark Bradford's bold vision at the Rose
They both complement and reinforce the physical presence — the “thinginess” — of the paintings. All of these works have their genesis, according to Bradford, ... «Boston Globe, Sep 14»
5
"Elements makes you unutterably sad for Koolhaas and what he …
The thinginess of it all is what made some people joke that the exhibition is like a building product catalogue, but it is impressive: an encounter with the debased ... «Dezeen, Jun 14»
6
David R. Harper brings 'In Paradise' to Detroit
One in particular, Thinginess and Nothingness exhibits Nigerian artist Osi Audu's geometric paintings. “My work is about the skin of things, and the dualism of ... «Detroit Metro Times, May 14»
7
Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America, Saatchi Gallery …
... of two tiny Byzantine domes into a globe, an amusing garden ornament, a thing that one must have for its mischievous thinginess, demanding to be touched. «Evening Standard, Apr 14»
8
Pay penance for your cheesy music taste with Guilty Pledgers
"But if it becomes too seamless, you take away the thinginess of it," says Whitlock, "and it will no longer be playful. The aim is to make a bit of a deal about what ... «Wired.co.uk, Mar 14»
9
Poets of Franklin County:
He was struck by Cézanne's ability to convey the “thinginess” of things. Though Cézanne's work appears representational — a mountain is recognizable as a ... «The Recorder, Feb 14»
10
Dylan Thomas and Igor Stravinsky: an unlikely partnership
For him sensuous “thinginess” was the only kind of existence that mattered. “Numbers to me are things,” he once said. Plus there was that shared passion for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»

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