haecceity

Questions about haecceity

What is another word for haecceity?

It depends which haecceity you mean. In the sense “the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other”, the synonyms are quiddity. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of haecceity?

WordNet records no antonym for haecceity. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for haecceity come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of haecceity

• Full entry for haecceityAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for haecceityWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.