"whateverness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: whatever + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whatever|ness}} whatever + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} whateverness (uncountable)
  1. Apathetic meaninglessness; a state in which something does not matter or is not cared about. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-whateverness-en-noun-mrUqcZFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "ref": "1992, James Dillet Freeman, The hilltop heart: reflections of a practical mystic, page 33",
          "text": "Without Mind there are only meaningless electrons whirling in whateverness. Not even so much as that, for it is Mind that identifies the meaningless whateverness and cries out, \"Electrons!\"",
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          "ref": "1999, Thomas Carl Wall, Radical Passivity: Levinas, Blanchot, and Agamben, SUNY Press, page 125",
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          "ref": "2013, Michael Sayeau, Against the Event",
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