quiddity

英 ['kwɪdɪti] 美 ['kwɪdɪti]

• n. 本质；实质；诡辩；吹毛求疵

英英释义

Noun:

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

经典引文

• The critic needs a sense of the work's quiddity or essence, its individuality.

  出自： H. Gardner

• As people, the three characters have no personal quiddity, no individual tincture.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

近反义词

【近义词】

• constitution 宪法
• soul 灵魂
• being 存在
• quibble 争论
• haecceity [哲] (经院哲学) 存...
• cavil 挑毛病