Noun: haecceity hek'see-i-tee
- The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
"Philosophers debated the haecceity of individual objects";
- quiddity
Derived forms: haecceities
Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty [informal], nub, pith, substance, sum
Encyclopedia: Haecceity