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Summary

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quiddity:
- Wiktionary:
  quiddity → quiddité
- Synonyms for "quiddity":
  quibble; cavil; evasion; equivocation
  haecceity; kernel; substance; core; center; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; marrow; meat; nub; pith; sum; nitty-gritty

English

Detailed Translations for quiddity from English to French

quiddity:

Translation Matrix for quiddity:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	cavil; haecceity; quibble

Synonyms for "quiddity":

quibble; cavil; evasion; equivocation
haecceity; kernel; substance; core; center; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; marrow; meat; nub; pith; sum; nitty-gritty

Related Definitions for "quiddity":

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other¹
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections¹

Wiktionary Translations for quiddity:

quiddity

noun

rare|fr (term, Philosophie scolastique) Ce qu’une chose est en elle-même.
- quiddité → quiddity

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University