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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] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for "quiddity":
axiom, cavil, center, core, dodge, elixir, essence, essential, flower, focus, fundamental, gist, gravamen, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, jesuitism, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, pith, postulate, principle, quibble, quid, quillet, quintessence, quip, quirk, quodlibet, sap, shuffle, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, the nitty-gritty
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