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hereness

hereness

9.9
A feeling of being in this place right now
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪr.nəs/
translation icon : presencia
  • The adverbial qualia are the hereness, the nowness, the togetherness.

The adverbial qualia are the hereness, the nowness, the togetherness.

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Examples

  • If maybe there's like one more minute of presence and consciousness and, and hereness that you would get because you read it, that would be great.

  • To help us understand this expression, Wolf uses equivalents like "hereness" and "our sense of presence" (20).

    Academic text (1994)
  • Godzieba's project transcends theology and philosophy and moves into the field of aesthetics in that all sorts of "texts," including God, human beings, art, and even space, are made more interesting and complex when read within a Catholic sacramental imagination that is not merely about hereness or thereness, but about the constant negotiation between the two.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The hereness of this place makes it feel special and inviting.

  • During meditation, she focused on the hereness of the moment, trying to let go of distractions.

  • His paintings often capture the unique hereness of different landscapes around the world.

Synonyms

presence
vshereness
951 2.1

Being in a particular place or situation

focuses on being physically present in a particular location rather than situations
thereness
vshereness
  • Formal
9.9

The state of being present in a certain place

emphasizes being located at the speaker's place rather than elsewhere
ubiety
vshereness
  • Archaic
9.9

A state of being in one place

uses common everyday wording for simple location rather than technical term

Antonyms

thereness
  • Formal
9.9

The state of being present in a certain place

How Present

omnipresence
2 9.0
presence
951 2.1
hereness
9.9
absence
216 2.1

Surface Forms

hereness singular
herenesses plural

Morphology

hereness = here (transparent) = here + ness

A straightforward nominalization of 'here' to indicate the state or quality of being present; the meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Hereness comes from here ('in this place') plus the ending -ness ('state' or 'quality'), so it simply means the 'state of being here'.