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haecceity

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9 lettersPronunciation /hɛkˈsiː.ə.tiː/Part of speech nounSorted acceehityStarts with HEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • HÆCCEITY [with Chymiſis] the ſame ſpecifick Eſſence or active Principle, by which a Medicine operates.
  • Being asked to present our work in terms of 'technology' seems to somehow imply it as haecceity – as a graspable essence or entity, a 'this-ness'.

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