"chairness" meaning in English

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          "text": "Similarly when we call triangularity or chairness an idea or notion or concept, we do not mean to deny that these natures are really manifested in particulars; we are only saying that their reality, like that of the particulars, presupposes a thinking subject.",
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          "ref": "2003, Ann Packer, chapter 18, in The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Contemporaries, page 177",
          "text": "He extended his finger and outlined the shape of the chair. \"It's about forms and negative space—she's taken the chairness away from the chair and left it purely object.\"",
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          "text": "I can identify the pattern of wood grain on my chair at Mom and Dad's kitchen table, but I don't try to sketch it in my mind. For me, chairness is nonvisual; it's the feel of a seat connected to four legs and a backrest.",
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