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   quiddity

   /ˈkwɪdɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the inherent nature or essence of someone or something.
   • 2. a distinctive feature; a peculiarity: "his quirks and quiddities"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin quidditas, from Latin quid ‘what’.

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   What is a synonym for quiddity?

   • When it comes to synonyms of quiddity, the Q ’s have it. Consider quintessence, a synonym of the “essence of a thing” meaning of quiddity, and quibble, a synonym of the “trifling point” use. And let’s not forget about quirk: like quiddity, quirk can refer to a person’s eccentricities.

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   What is a Quiddity in its purest state?

   • A quiddity in its purest state is free from all conditioning and determinations such as being one or many, universal or particular. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

   QUIDDITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What does Quiddity mean?

   • 本质，实质… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! QUIDDITY definition: 1. the basic nature or quality of something, that makes it different from other things: 2. the…. Learn more.

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   What is the first sense of Quiddity?

   • The first sense of quiddity is actually (bi-al-fiʿl) existent in things, and is predicable upon every single individual human being. If the existence of a necessary existent is an immediate consequence of its quiddity, then its existence is conditioned on its quiddity.

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   Where did the word 'Quiddity' come from?

   • The term "quiddity" derives from the Latin word quidditas, which was used by the medieval scholastics as a literal translation of the equivalent term in Aristotle 's Greek to ti ên einai (τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι) or "the what it was to be (a given thing)".

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   What does Quiddity mean in a poem?

   • Quiddity was often contrasted by the scholastic philosophers with the haecceity or "thisness" of an item, which was supposed to be a positive characteristic of an individual that caused it to be this individual, and no other. It is used in this sense in British poet George Herbert 's poem, "Quiddity". Example: What is a "tree"?

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   Quiddity is the basic nature or quality of something, that makes it different from other things. Learn how to use this word in sentences and see synonyms, translations and related words.

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   Quiddity is a noun that means the essence of a thing or a trifling point. It comes from the Latin quid, meaning "who", and has synonyms such as quintessence, quirk, and crotchet.

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   Definitions of quiddity. noun. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other. synonyms: haecceity. see more. noun. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. synonyms: cavil, quibble. see more.

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   Quiddity is the "whatness" or "what it is" of a thing, derived from Aristotle's Greek to ti ên einai. It contrasts with haecceity, the "thisness" or individuality of a thing, and is used in law, literature and mysticism.

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   Quiddity is a noun that means the quality that makes a thing what it is, or a trifling distinction. It comes from Medieval Latin quidditās, from Latin quid "what". See how to use quiddity in sentences and its history.

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   Quiddity is the essential nature of something or a petty distinction. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation and usage of quiddity with examples from Collins English Dictionary.

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    Quiddity is a noun that means the basic nature or quality of something, that makes it different from other things. Learn how to use this word in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in other languages.