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quiddity    
n. 本质,实质,诡辩,怪癖,遁辞

本质,实质,诡辩,怪癖,遁辞

quiddity
n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising
irrelevant distinctions or objections [synonym: {quibble},
{quiddity}, {cavil}]
2: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and
makes it different from any other [synonym: {quiddity},
{haecceity}]

Quiddity \Quid"di*ty\, n.; pl. {Quiddities}. [LL. quidditas, fr.
L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F.
quiddit['e].]
1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a
thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What
is it? " The degree of nullity and quiddity." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry
as distinguished from prose. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
[1913 Webster]

We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now.
--Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]


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    Quiddity describes properties that a particular substance (e g a person) shares with others of its kind The question "what (quid) is it?" asks for a general description by way of commonality This is quiddity or "whatness" (i e , its "what it is")
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