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单词 individuality
释义 in·di·vid·u·al·i·ty
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌvijəˈwaləd.ē, -lətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
1.
 a. : the total character peculiar to and distinguishing an individual from others : the complex of characteristics serving to individualize or set off a person or a thing from others : distinctive character
  < believed that one was born with a particular biochemical individuality just as one was born with a certain physical and psychological personality — Lancet >
  < only slowly does the child become aware of his individuality >
 especially : a markedly individual or distinctive quality
  < though he had no great … originality, there was a delicate individuality in his gracious and homely pictures — Havelock Ellis >
 b. : an individual or individualizing quality
  < managed to give the borrowed product a distinctive national individuality — A.L.Kroeber >
  < white wines, which have considerable individualityNew York Times >
  < they were strikingly alike in gifts and tastes, but each had marked individuality of character — H.E.Starr >
  < the individuality or, better, the personality of each instrument of the orchestra — Nicolas Nabokov >
 c. : personality
  < quietened her by sheer force of individuality — Arnold Bennett >
  < not only is the author unknown, but in the pure ballad there is no trace of his individualityEncyc. Americana >
2. archaic : indivisibility, inseparability
3.
 a. : an individual characteristic
  < the effort … of getting the individualities of a fresh group of people into one's head, is becoming every year harder for me — A.C.Benson >
 b. : an individual thing; especially : an individual person
4. : the quality or state of existing as an individual or of constituting an individual : separate or distinct existence
 < the great artist can transcend his own individuality — Harold Nicolson >
5. : the tendency to pursue one's course with marked independence or self-reliance : individualism
 < distinguished by a strong streak of individuality and independence, the counterpart probably of the same pioneer spirit which originally marked the commerce and industry of the New World — W.T. & Barbara Fitts >
Synonyms: see disposition
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