Meaning of QUIDDITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kwiditee
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- [n] the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- [n] an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
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| | Synonyms: | | haecceity, quibble |
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| | See Also: | | center, core, equivocation, essence, evasion, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum | |
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| | Definition: | | \Quid"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Quiddities}. [LL. quidditas, fr.
L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F.
quiddit['e].]
1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a
thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What
is it? `` The degree of nullity and quiddity.'' --Bacon.
The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry
as distinguished from prose. --De Quincey.
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now.
--Coleridge.
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