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INDIVIDUALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
Example:
you can lose your identity when you join the army
Synonyms:
identity; individuality; personal identity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("individuality" is a kind of...):
personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "individuality"):
gender identity (your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female; awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence)
identification (the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons))
personhood (being a person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being individual
Example:
so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
Synonyms:
individualism; individuality; individuation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("individuality" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
individual; single (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "individuality"):
singularity; uniqueness (the quality of being one of a kind)
distinctiveness; peculiarity; speciality; specialness; specialty (a distinguishing trait)
Antonym:
commonality (sharing of common attributes)
Derivation:
individual (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
