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Quiddity
noun (pl. quiddities) 1.An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. Synonyms: cavil, quibble. 2.The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other. Synonym: haecceity.
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