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Webster 1913 Edition


Individuality

Inˊdi-vidˊu-al′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Individualities
(#)
.
[Cf. F.
individualité
.]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Individuality

INDIVIDUAL'ITY

,
Noun.
Separate or distinct existence; a state of oneness.