quiddity
Kelime Anlamı :

1. esas.
2. gereksiz itiraz.
3. safsata.
4. önemsiz konu.
5. özellik.
6. ehemmiyetsiz şey.
7. nitelik.
8. mahiyet.
9. öz.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
cavil, quibble, quintessence
Tanımlar :
1. the real nature of a thing; the essence.
2. A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
2. A trifle; a nicety or quibble
3. an eccentricity; an odd feature
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. the essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, quid est? or, what is it?
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in scholastic philos., that which distinguishes a thing from other things, and makes it what it is, and not another; substantial form; nature.
2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quirk or quibble.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
2. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.