thing-in-itself

English

Alternative forms

• thing in itself

Etymology

Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.

Noun

thing-in-itself (plural things-in-themselves)

1. (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

   Synonym: noumenon

   Antonym: phenomenon

Translations

thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon

• Arabic: شَيْء فِي ذَاتِهِ m (šayʔ fī ḏātihi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本體 / 本体 (zh) (běntǐ), 物自體 / 物自体 (zh) (wùzìtǐ)

• Czech: věc o sobě f
• Estonian: asi iseeneses
• Finnish: olio sinänsä, noumeeni
• French: chose en soi f
• German: Ding an sich n, Ding-an-sich n
• Greek: πράγμα αυτό καθ' αυτό f (prágma aftó kath' aftó), πράγμα αυτό καθαυτό f (prágma aftó kathaftó)
• Hebrew: דבר בפני עצמו (davar bifne atsmo)
• Italian: cosa in sé f
• Japanese: 本体 (ja) (ほんたい, hontai), 物自体 (ものじたい, monojitai)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 본체 (bonche), 물자체 (muljache)
• Polish: rzecz sama w sobie f, noumen m, noumenon m
• Portuguese: coisa em si f
• Russian: вещь в себе́ (ru) f (veščʹ v sebé)
• Slovak: vec o sebe f
• Spanish: cosa en sí f
• Ukrainian: річ у собі́ f (rič u sobí)

References

• “thing-in-itself”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• thing-in-itself on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wikidata:thing-in-itself