noun
- the essential nature or quality that makes something what it is
Usage: philosophical
Examples
- The philosopher pondered the whatness of beauty itself.
- Understanding the whatness of consciousness remains a challenge for scientists.
- Medieval scholars debated the whatness versus the thatness of objects.
- The artist tried to capture the whatness of the landscape in her painting.
- His essay explored the whatness of human identity.
- The whatness of justice has been discussed since ancient times.