Quiddity
nounid
117531·updated May 18, 2026verified
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
polysemous
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cavilhaecceityquibble
- plural
- Quiddities
- possessive
- Quiddity's
- pluralpossessive
- Quiddities'
Framework definitions
- §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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any otherDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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