Definition of Thereness

1. Noun. Real existence. "Things are really there...capture the thereness of them"

Generic synonyms: Presence

2. Noun. The state of being there--not here--in position.
Generic synonyms: Presence
Antonyms: Hereness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thereness

therefor
therefore
therefrom
therein
therein lies the rub
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
theremin
thereminist
thereminists
theremins
therencephalous
thereness (current term)
thereof
thereology
thereon
thereout
thereover
theres
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
theretoward
thereunder
thereunto
thereupon

Literary usage of Thereness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mind and Conduct: Morse Lectures Delivered at the Union Theological Seminary by Henry Rutgers Marshall (1919)
"Hence will arise a new differentiation y, which we may call the "out-thereness" characteristic. As the "otherness" characteristic has been very frequently ..."

2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1891)
"It does not imply a preconceived " thereness " nor any other a priori spatial ... It may as well be called " thereness " from the standpoint of the subject. ..."

3. Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice by Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"... to 'thereness' gives a better opportunity for introspection than does the ... or the ' thereness ' by itself. Instructive results may be obtained from ..."

4. Experimental Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"... 'or the ' thereness ' by itself. Instructive results may be obtained from series where 0 is told beforehand, "You will be given a sound at this point or ..."

5. Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice by Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"... to ' thereness ' gives a better opportunity for introspection than does the ... or the ' thereness ' by itself. Instructive results may be obtained from ..."

6. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"... or thereness '.' Certainly not . Only when a second point is felt to arise can the first one acquire a determination ..."

7. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"... or thereness ? Certainly not. Only when a second point is felt to arise can the first one acqui rv a determination of up, down, right or left, ..."

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