| NOUN | communication | quiddity, quibble, cavil | an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections |
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| cognition | quiddity, haecceity | the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other |
| Meaning | An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. | |
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| Synonyms | quibble, cavil | |
| Broader | evasion, equivocation | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
| Spanish | argucia, esencia, evasiva, sutileza | |
| Catalan | evasiva, subtilesa | |
| Meaning | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other. | |
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| Synonym | haecceity | |
| Broader | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| Spanish | esencia, quididad | |
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