presentness

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English

Etymology

From present +‎ -ness.

Noun

presentness (usually uncountable, plural presentnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being present, of existing in a place.
    • 2008 March 9, James Traub, “The Celebrity Solution”, in New York Times:
      In recent years, stars have learned that their intense presentness in people’s daily lives and their access to the uppermost realms of politics, business and the media offer them a peculiar kind of moral position, should they care to use it.
  2. The characteristic of being present, of the current time.