 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
individuality
noun
1: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
{individualism}, {individuation}] [ant: {commonality}]
2: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you
join the army" [syn: {identity}, {personal identity}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Individuality \In'di*vid'u*al"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Individualities}.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
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.
3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive
manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily
influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "individuality":
character, combination, complexion, difference, differentiation,
differentness, dissimilarity, distinctiveness, egohood, fusion,
human factor, humor, identity, independence, individualism,
indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity,
inviolability, irreducibility, makeup, nature, nominalism,
nonconformity, oneness, organic unity, particularism,
particularity, personal equation, personal identity, personality,
personship, purity, self-identity, selfhood, selfness,
selfsameness, separateness, simplicity, singleness, singularity,
solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, temper, temperament,
undividedness, unification, uniformity, uniqueness, unity,
univocity, unlikeness, wholeness
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