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pastness
Wiktionary
pastness
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being past. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being past.
WordNet
pastness
n. the quality of being past [ant: presentness, futurity]
Usage examples of "pastness".
So, in memory, the pastness lies, not in the content of what is believed, but in the nature of the belief-feeling.
In the latter case, but not in the former, the pastness is part of the content believed.