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Definition of "ownness" [ownness]

  • The property of being one's own. (noun)

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Use "ownness" in a sentence
  • "He described birds 'nests -- a lifelong interest -- as tiny miracles, places of safety, of "ownness," but also of vulnerability and risk."
  • "The urgency is now, this second, anyone with sagging pants should take the empowerment and ownness to pull them up, affix their belt snuggly, tighten their bootstraps, and walk with a stride that represents someone that cares about their image, self-perception, and more importantly their promising future."
  • "In addition, how can one forget entirely the fact that Ereignis normally means "event," and that there are very good reasons to believe that, by understanding Sein verbally, and transitively, Ereignis does designate something like the recurrent event of being, as the giving or granting of ownness or properness?"