Individuality
[,ɪndɪvɪdjʊ'ælɪtɪ] or [,ɪndɪ,vɪdʒu'æləti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being individual; 'so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality'.
Inputed by Dennis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Ruth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Personality, distinct existence.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A harmless trait possessed by one's self. The same trait in others is downright idiocy.
Edited by Donnie
Examples
- Nothing has more individuality, save perhaps watches and bootlaces. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Each watch had its own individuality as a separate creation, and only the privileged few were able to carry them. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Here again we have not only enrichment of sound but also individuality of instruments. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The result is that what is instinctively original in individuality, that which marks off one from another, goes unused and undirected. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The process of singling into individuality resulted into the great polarisation of sex. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the voice of nature now speaks for the diversity of individual talent and for the need of free development of individuality in all its variety. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What can you gather yourself as to the individuality of the man who has worn this article? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is always a slight difference, which we speak of as _individuality_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Suddenly she was attracted to his individuality by observing peculiarities in his walk. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is a curious thing, remarked Holmes, that a typewriter has really quite as much individuality as a man's handwriting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Something too much may have been said in modern times of the value of individuality. Plato. The Republic.
- There is as much individuality among the lower orders, gentlemen, as there is among ourselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The fundamental note in every instrument is the same, but the overtones vary with the instrument and lend individuality to each. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Individuality as a factor to be respected in education has a double meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The individuality of the man of genius engaged in investigation must remain a factor difficult to analy ze. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Every species changes all its individualities in each generation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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