haecceity

Noun

haec=ce=i=ty

WORDNET DICTIONARY

haecceity(n = noun.cognition) quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other; Array

is a kind of center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum

haecceity, n. Philos.
1 the quality of a thing that makes it unique or describable as 'this (one)'.
2 individuality.

Etymology

med.L haecceitas f. haec fem. of hic this

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