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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Entity \En"ti*ty\, noun; pl. {Entities}. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e]. See {Essence}, {Is}.] A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. --Shairp.
Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification. --Bentley.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
entity
noun: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "entity": an existence, article, being, body, creature, critter, ens, entelechy, esse, essence, existence, existent, individual, integer, integral, integrate, item, life, material, materiality, matter, module, monad, object, occurrence, organism, person, persona, personality, point, presence, quantity, quiddity, quintessence, single, singleton, something, soul, stuff, subsistence, substance, substantiality, sum, system, thing, totality, unit
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