The state or quality of having being or existence; the essence or nature of existing.
From 'being' + '-ness' suffix (forming abstract nouns). Used in philosophy and theology to describe the quality or state of actual existence, particularly when discussing essence and reality.
Existentialist philosophers loved this word—Heidegger famously explored 'beingness' as a fundamental concept. It's asking the deepest question: what does it mean simply to BE, underneath everything else?
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