Definition of "limitedness" [lim•it•ed•ness]

• The state of being limited. (noun)

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• "In my book, Trauma and Human Existence (Routledge, 2007), I offered an account of the essence of emotional trauma: In shattering the tranquilizing illusions of everyday life, trauma requires us to own up to what these illusions have been evading -- human finiteness (i.e., limitedness, vulnerability, mortality, etc.)"
• "Tragedy, and also philosophy, attempt to reassert limitedness."
• "And we shall care about this largely to the extent to which we are conscious of our own vulnerability and limitedness."