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haecceity

(n): the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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about 1 month ago Shevek said:

This is quite a useful word, IMO, but the definition above is vague. As far as I can tell, haecceity is the variable of thisness, the value of which, figuratively speaking of course, is a thing's ergon.

3 months ago bilby said:

Ugly. Wugly, even.

about 1 year ago andrew.simone said:

'haec' is a latin word for 'this' (declined from 'hic').

Definitely (still) an abuse of Latin.

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