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Definition of Individuality
1. Noun. The quality of being individual. "So absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Singularity, Uniqueness, Distinctiveness, Peculiarity, Speciality, Specialness, Specialty
Attributes: Individual, Single
Derivative terms: Individualist, Individualistic, Individual, Individuate, Individuate
Antonyms: Commonality
2. Noun. The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. "You can lose your identity when you join the army"
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
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Medical Definition of Individuality
1. Those psychological characteristics which differentiate individuals from one another. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Individuality
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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