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haecceity [hɛkˈsiːɪtɪ hiːk-]

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(Philosophy) Philosophy the property that uniquely identifies an object Compare quiddity

[from Medieval Latin haecceitas, literally: thisness, from haec, feminine of hic his]

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

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essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, nub, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centre - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

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center centre CORE essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness kernel marrow meat multeity nitty-gritty nub pith quiddity Scotism substance sum			1) The noted literary biographer Joseph Pearce has asserted that, in his emphasis on separateness and uniqueness, Tolkien reflects two other mostly forgotten elements of Catholic philosophy: the haecceitas of John Duns Scotus, and the inscape of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Pearce 113-115). Putting away childish things: incidents of recovery in Tolkien and ... by Vincent, Alana M. / Mythlore August Kleinzahler, who is a wonderful evoker of the here-and-now, of what Hopkins called haecceitas, has produced a tripartite book of essays, frequently playful, even flip, but with much of the plangency springing from a life enjoyed somewhere inside the text. Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained by Wallace-Crabbe, Chris / Harvard Review			Hadean Hadean aeon Hadean eon Hadean Time hadedah Haden hadephobia Hades Hadhramaut hadith hadj hadji Hadlee Hadley Hadley's quadrant hadn't hadopelagic zone Hadrian Hadrian's Wall hadron hadrosaur Hadrosauridae Hadrosaurus hadst hae Haecceitas haecceity Haeckel Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Haeckel's law Haeckelism haem haem- haema- haemachrome Haemacyanin haemacytometer Haemad Haemadrometer Haemadrometry Haemadromograph Haemadynameter Haemadynamics haemagglutinate haemagglutination haemagglutinin haemagogue haemal haemal arch haemangioma Haemanthus			HADSS hadst HADT HADTE HADTS HADU Hadudu Hadudu HAdV HADY Hadzapi Hadzhi Hadzhi Hadzi Hadzi hae hae HAE UAV hae- HAE-UAV HAE1 HAE2 HAE3 HAEA HAEAR HAEC Haecceitas haecceity Haeccity Haeceity Haeckel Haeckel Haeckel Haeckel Ernst Heinrich Haeckel's law Haeckel's law Haeckel's law Haeckel's theory Haeckel's theory Haeckel's theory Haeckel, Ernst Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckelism HAECU haed haed Haedui HAEE HAEF Haefiz HAEH HAEI HAEIF HAEIFC haeing

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