finitude

noun /ˈfɪnətud/

1. The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.

   countable, uncountable

   Matter expresses the finitude of time-space; in this world of limitation a new way of knowing becomes possible, and this way is language.

Where it comes from

From Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry finitude (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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