individuality
Etymology

From individual + -ity.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/
Noun

individuality

  1. (uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:
      Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
  2. (countable)  A person.
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