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Chairness vs Chairless - What's the difference?

chairness | chairless |

As a noun chairness

is the essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is.

As an adjective chairless is

without a chair or chairs.

chairness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is.
  • * 2003 , Ann Parker, The Dive from Clausen's Pier , Vintage (2003), ISBN 9780375727139, page 177:
    • 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."
  • * 2011 , Thad Nodine, Touch and Go , Unbridled Books (2011), ISBN 9781609530617, page 39:
    • 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.
  • * 2012 , Jesse Prinz, The Conscious Brain , Oxford University Press (2012), ISBN 9780195314595, page 74:
    • When you look at a chair, you are aware of its shape from a particular point of view, but defenders of this objection insist that you are also aware of its chairness .

    chairless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without a chair or chairs.