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individuality
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Individuality
(gcide) | Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Individualities.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting
an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness;
unity. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
They possess separate individualities. --H. Spencer.
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2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an
individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or
thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits;
distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked
individuality.
[1913 Webster]
3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive
manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily
influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people.
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individuality
(wn) | individuality
n 1: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
individuality, individualism, individuation] [ant:
commonality, commonness]
2: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join
the army" [syn: identity, personal identity,
individuality] |
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Individuality
(gcide) | Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Individualities.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting
an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness;
unity. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
They possess separate individualities. --H. Spencer.
[1913 Webster]
2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an
individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or
thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits;
distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked
individuality.
[1913 Webster]
3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive
manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily
influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people.
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