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  • noun philosophy, spirituality The quality of being; existence as something.

Etymologies

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is +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man's present condition makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him.

    Barack H. Obama - Nobel Lecture 2009

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    Joe Cirincione: King's Struggle to Prevent "The Hell of Thermonuclear War" 2010

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him.

    Clarence B. Jones: War and Peace 2009

  • So somehow the "isness" of our present nature is out of harmony with the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts us.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2006

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    Archive 2005-01-01 Amazonfemme 2005

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    feminist blogs in english » 2005 » January 2005

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    Martin Luther King's Birthday Chris 2005

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Amazonfemme 2005

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address 1964

  • I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

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