individuality
Etymology
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Etymology
From individual + -ity.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/
individuality
- (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.
- (countable) A person.
- French: individualité
- Portuguese: individualidade
- Russian: индивидуа́льность
- Spanish: individualidad
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