presentness

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presentness

  • /ˈpɹɛzəntnəs/

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noun presentnesses

  1. uncountable, usually The characteristic of being present (in either place or time). Our apparent immediacy, our presentness on stage is already a deferral and a delay. The god’s explanation for his chiding question (“You have delayed for a long time”) belongs to the formulation of différance.

    Similar: presence · Opposite: absentness, absence

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noun characteristic of being present (in either place or time) — see also presence

Françaisprésence, présentité

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@misc{presentness_2026,
  title = {presentness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/presentness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}