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Quiddity

noun
(pl. quiddities)
1.
An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.  Synonyms: cavil, quibble.
2.
The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.  Synonym: haecceity.






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Words linked to "Quiddity" :   marrow, gist, nub, equivocation, inwardness, centre, heart and soul, pith, haecceity, essence, meat, nitty-gritty, core, substance, heart, cavil, quibble, evasion, center, sum, kernel



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