haecceity

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Übersetzungen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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

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