quiddity meaning

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quiddity (noun): an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections.

quiddity has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

quiddity as a noun

  1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

    Synonyms: quibble, cavil

    Type of: evasion

  2. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

    Synonyms: haecceity

    Type of: kernel

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