1) Cavil 2) Equivocation 3) Evasion 4) Quibble 5) Trifling point
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1) Cavil 2) Essence 3) Haecceity 4) Intrinsicality 5) Quibble
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In scholastic philosophy, quiddity (i; Latin: quidditas) was another term for the essence of an object, literally its `whatness,` or `what it is.` The term derives from the Latin word `quidditas,` which was used by the medieval scholastics as a literal translation of the equivalent term in Aristotle`s Greek to ti ên einai (τὸ τί ἦν...
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unique essence; eccentricity
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• (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. • (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?
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Quid'di·ty noun ;
plural Quiddities . [ Late Latin
quidditas , from Latin
quid what, neut. of
quis who, akin to English
who : confer French
quiddité .]
1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the qu...
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n] - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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haecceity noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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(Lat quidditas, whatness) Essence; that which is described in a definition. -- V.J.B.
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the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing. · a trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument.
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