haecceity
Meaning
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.
Hyphenated as
haec‧ce‧i‧ty
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin haecceitas (“thisness”) coined by Duns Scotus (from haec (“this, these”)) + -ity.
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