individualnessn.
/ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəlnəs/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒ(ᵿ)lnəs/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəlnəs/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjᵿlnəs/, U.S. /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəlnəs/, /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)lnəs/ The quality or fact of being individual (in various senses); individuality, separateness.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun]
singulerty1414
singularness1530
singularity1583
individuality1614
haecceity1635
thisness1643
individuity1650
individualness1681
singleness1728
individuism1825
individualism1847
inscape1868
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > condition of being an individual
suppositality1545
individuation1616
individuality1635
suppositionality1649
individualness1681
individualism1847
1681 J. Fell tr. St. Cyprian Unity of Church 7 Which unity we Bishops..ought firmly to maintain..; that we may evidence thereby the unity and individualness of Episcopacy it self.
1791 Rights Citizens 78 Here then is one natural right..viz. right of individualness.
1852 H. Melville Pierre vi. iv. 161 I feel that there can be no perfect peace in individualness. Therefore I hope one day to feel myself drank up into the pervading spirit animating all things.
1911 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 9 Oct. 1/7 Up-to-date coats and suits, each and every one of a distinctive style of its own, giving an individualness to the wearer.
2000 Prince George (Brit. Columbia) Citizen (Nexis) 28 July 13 We're trying to celebrate our individualness–just like the Scottish or the Filipinos who get together to celebrate.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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