haecceity

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

quiddity

nature

quality

mien

substance

sum

habitus

Vertalings

eccéité

ecceità

ecceidade

hecceidade

quididad

hecceidad

haecceidad

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/

Etimologie (Engels)

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