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Forgetfulness vs Forgottenness - What's the difference?

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Forgetfulness is a related term of forgottenness.


As nouns the difference between forgetfulness and forgottenness

is that forgetfulness is the quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind while forgottenness is (philosophy) the quality or state of being forgotten.

forgetfulness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
  • Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
  • Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

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    forgottenness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) The quality or state of being forgotten
  • *{{quote-book, 1938, Parvis Evad & Kenneth Maly, by=Martin Heidegger, Contributions to Philosophy: From Enowning, chapter=Echo citation
    • , passage=Abandonment of being is the ground of the forgottenness of being. }}

    Usage notes

    *This term is chiefly used in Heideggerian writings, where it serves to translate the German , otherwise translatable as "oblivion".

    Related terms

    *forgetfulness