Associations to the word «Individuation»

Wiktionary

INDIVIDUATION, noun. The process of individuating or individualizing.
INDIVIDUATION, noun. (philosophy) The distinction of the individual from the general or universal.
INDIVIDUATION, noun. (biology) The differentiation of tissues.

Dictionary definition

INDIVIDUATION, noun. Discriminating the individual from the generic group or species.
INDIVIDUATION, noun. The quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne