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QUIDDITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
Synonyms:
haecceity; quiddity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quiddity" is a kind of...):
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quiddity" is a kind of...):
equivocation; evasion (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
