suchness

American  

[suhch-nis] / ˈsʌtʃ nɪs /

noun

1. a fundamental, intrinsic, or characteristic quality or condition.

   seraphic indifference to the suchness of his surroundings.

2. Buddhism. Tathata.

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Etymology

Origin of suchness

before 1000; Old English swilcnesse (not recorded in ME); such, -ness

Example Sentences

On a large scale, in this year’s nonclassical music, muchness found suchness.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

Without any apparent regard to the suchness of her environment, she sat down.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

This perfuming of suchness therefore continues for ever, though the stage of the perfuming of avidyâ comes to an end with the Buddhas when they attain to nirvâ@na.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

But those bodhisattvas whose perfuming is already in unison with suchness attain to the state of non-particularization and allow themselves to be influenced only by the power of the dharma.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

He even carries his desires into the region of English grammar, and, for degrees of comparison, proposes the phrase pitches of suchness.

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow