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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Individualities}. [Cf. F. individualit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. --Arbuthnot. They possess separate individualities. --H. Spencer. 2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as he is a person of marked individuality. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: individuality n 1: the quality of being individual: "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn: {individualism}] [ant: {commonality}] 2: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity: "you can lose your identity when you join the army" [syn: {identity}]
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