clinging

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
Hyphenation: cling‧ing

Verb

clinging

present participle and gerund of cling

Synonyms

(noun): attachment
(adjective): clingy, adherent, adhesive

Noun

clinging (plural clingings)

The act of one who clings.
- 2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics, page 217:
  The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.

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