Noun. An Aristotelian-derived term which references that which makes a thing itself. Taken up in the [Metaphysics] where it is is also more [confusedly] known as substance. Not [contingent] on material. The first, or most primary way of being.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/138477/thinghoodRSS for NodeSat, 27 Jun 2026 17:28:49 GMTTue, 19 May 2020 22:05:01 GMT60The state or character of being a thing (sometimes specifically as distinct from a person); existence as a thing, reality, substantiality.

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