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haecceity

haec·ceity

US/hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/ uncommon

noun

1.

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

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Origin

From Medieval Latin haecceitas (“thisness”) coined by Duns Scotus (from haec (“this, these”)) + -ity.

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