Define the word individuality"Individuality" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Individualities.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
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1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting
an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness;
unity. --Arbuthnot.
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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.
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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 "WordNet (r) 2.0"
individuality
n 1: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
individualism, individuation] [ant: commonality]
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" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "individuality":
character, combination, complexion, difference, differentiation,
differentness, dissimilarity, distinctiveness, egohood, fusion,
human factor, humor, identity, independence, individualism,
indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity,
inviolability, irreducibility, makeup, nature, nominalism,
nonconformity, oneness, organic unity, particularism,
particularity, personal equation, personal identity, personality,
personship, purity, self-identity, selfhood, selfness,
selfsameness, separateness, simplicity, singleness, singularity,
solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, temper, temperament,
undividedness, unification, uniformity, uniqueness, unity,
univocity, unlikeness, wholeness
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