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Individuality
Pronunciation : In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Cf. F. individualit?.]
Definition : 1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer.
2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.
pl. Individualities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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