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individualities

[in-duh-vij-oo-al-i-tee] Origin

in·di·vid·u·al·i·ty

[in-duh-vij-oo-al-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
1.
the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
2.
individualities, individual characteristics.
3.
a person or thing of individual or distinctive character.
4.
state or quality of being individual; existence as a distinct individual.
5.
the interests of the individual as distinguished from the interests of the community.
EXPAND
6.
Archaic. state or quality of being indivisible or inseparable.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1605–15; individual + -ity

non·in·di·vid·u·al·i·ty, noun, plural -ties.


1. See character.

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individuality
"the aggregate of one's idiosyncrasies," 1610s, from individual + -ity.
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