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English
Etymology
From forgotten + -ness.
Noun
forgottenness (uncountable)
- (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".