forgottenness

English

Etymology

forgotten +‎ -ness

Noun

forgottenness (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) The quality or state of being forgotten
    • 1938, Parvis Evad & Kenneth Maly, “Echo”, in Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning‎, translation of original by Martin Heidegger, published 1999, →ISBN, page 80:
      Abandonment of being is the ground of the forgottenness of being.

Usage notes

  • This term is chiefly used in Heideggerian writings, where it serves to translate the German Vergessenheit, otherwise translatable as "oblivion".
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