Associations to the word «Haecceity»

Wiktionary

HAECCEITY, noun. (philosophy) The essence of a particular thing; those qualities that define it and make it unique.

Dictionary definition

HAECCEITY, noun. The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats