Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being finite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or mode of being finite; especially, subjection to limitations or conditions; limitation. See
finite , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Limitation.
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- noun Limitation,
finiteness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being finite
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Examples
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Living in full acknowledgement of our finitude is the key to being authentic or rather the key to authentic being.
The Fourfold Visions of William Blake and Martin Heidegger 2005
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According to Heidegger, finitude is the essence of being human.
The Fourfold Visions of William Blake and Martin Heidegger 2005
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Strenger interprets the quest for various forms of celebrity as a worldwide escapist flight from human finitude and the tragic dimension of human existence into mindless, inauthentic delusions of omnipotence.
Robert D. Stolorow: Review of The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-first Century by Carlo Strenger Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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This might be why many people have problems saying thank you, as thank you involves recognition of finitude, that one is limited -- that one cannot do it alone.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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Strenger interprets the quest for various forms of celebrity as a worldwide escapist flight from human finitude and the tragic dimension of human existence into mindless, inauthentic delusions of omnipotence.
Robert D. Stolorow: Review of The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-first Century by Carlo Strenger Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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But hoda'ah is also associated with recognition of finitude, with recognition of our natural human limitations which should impel us to declare ani modeh or ani modah -- I admit to my failings.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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But hoda'ah is also associated with recognition of finitude, with recognition of our natural human limitations which should impel us to declare ani modeh or ani modah -- I admit to my failings.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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From a 42-year-old man who had felt invincible but now was coming to grips with finitude, limitation and mortality.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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This might be why many people have problems saying thank you, as thank you involves recognition of finitude, that one is limited -- that one cannot do it alone.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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From a 42-year-old man who had felt invincible but now was coming to grips with finitude, limitation and mortality.
Rabbi Avi Weiss: Offering Thanks: Reflections On 25 Years Of A Gift of Life Rabbi Avi Weiss 2011
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Most of our anxieties, Burkeman argues, derive from the fact that “every moment of our existence is shot through with what Heidegger called finitude”, or a nagging sense that we might be wasting what little time we have.
Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It by Oliver Burkeman – review Tim Adams 2022
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