suchness

noun

such·​ness

plural -es

1

: the quality or state of being such : essential or characteristic quality

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

—J. D. Salinger

2

Buddhism : nameless and characterless reality in its ultimate nature

called also tathata, thusness

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