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Meaning of thing-in-itself | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

Equivalents

العربية شَيْء فِي ذَاتِهِ

Čeština věc o sobě

Deutsch Ding an sich Ding-an-sich

Español cosa en sí

Suomi noumeeni olio sinänsä

Français chose en soi

Italiano cosa in sé

日本語本体物自体

한국어 물자체

Polski noumen noumenon rzecz sama w sobie

Português coisa em si

Русский вещь в себе́

Slovenčina vec o sebe

Tiếng Việt vật tự thể

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

thingamabob thingamadoodle thingamafuck Thingamajig thingamajigger thingamajiggy

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