thinghood

noun

thing·​hood

ˈthiŋˌhu̇d

1

: the quality or state of being a thing : objective existence : thingness

reducing human life to thinghood

—C. J. Rolo

2

: something that constitutes a thing as such

thinghood must also include objective change

—C. I. Lewis

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