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Quiddity

nounid 117531·updated May 18, 2026
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the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
cavilhaecceityquibble
plural
Quiddities
possessive
Quiddity's
pluralpossessive
Quiddities'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
§2
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

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