haecceity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities that make an individual this specific individual and not some other.

/hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/ /hiːkˈsiː.ə.tiː/ en-us-haecceity.ogg /hækˈsiː.ə.tiː/

haecceity haecceities hæcceity ecceity

From Medieval Latin haecceitas (“thisness”) coined by Duns Scotus (from haec (“this, these”)) + -ity.

thisness

hupokeimenon noumenon quiddity

haecceitic haecceitism haecceitist haecceitistic haecceitistically

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