Definition of Individuality

1. Noun. The quality of being individual. "So absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"


2. Noun. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. "You can lose your identity when you join the army"
Exact synonyms: Identity, Personal Identity
Generic synonyms: Personality
Specialized synonyms: Gender Identity, Identification, Personhood
Derivative terms: Identify

Definition of Individuality

1. n. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

Definition of Individuality

1. Noun. The characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity. ¹

2. Noun. A person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Individuality

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Individuality

1. Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Individuality

individual voluntary arrangement
individual voluntary arrangements
individualisation
individualisations
individualise
individualised
individualises
individualising
individualism
individualisms
individualist
individualistic
individualistically
individualists
individualities
individuality (current term)
individualizable
individualization
individualizations
individualize
individualized
individualizer
individualizers
individualizes
individualizing
individuall
individually
individuals
individuate
individuated

Literary usage of Individuality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"A pebble, therefore, has some individuality, while a drop of water has none. Again, in order to have individuality, an object must not only have a unitary ..."

2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1909)
"individuality constitutes the chief wealth of human society, and society is at the same time the culture medium of individuality and the great organism ..."

3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume (1890)
"It is th * nature of the individuality of this subject, then, that is really in question. Mast it, as Hume supposed, be ' considered ' under other qualities ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The value of individuality as an element of well-being to the individual and ... Among tne chief factors which go to constitute individuality, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"By sacrifice of individuality at the time of reproduction, a higher unity is formed. In the same way a simple cup-shaped sponge, by continuous budding, ..."

6. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1903)
"individuality depends more upon harmony and unity of qualities or their lack than it ... BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF individuality Biologically, the significance of ..."

7. Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics by John Dewey (1891)
"What do we mean by individuality ? We may distinguish two factors—or better ... Nor is it strictly correct to say that individuality is constituted by these ..."

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