individuality

individuality
    n 1: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
         movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
         {individuality}, {individualism}, {individuation}] [ant:
         {commonality}, {commonness}]
    2: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
       persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join
       the army" [syn: {identity}, {personal identity},
       {individuality}]
    

Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Individualities}.
   [Cf. F. individualit['e].]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting
      an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness;
      unity. --Arbuthnot.
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            They possess separate individualities. --H. Spencer.
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   2. 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.
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   3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive
      manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily
      influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people.
      [PJC]
    

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "individuality":
      character, combination, complexion, difference, differentiation,
      differentness, dissimilarity, distinctiveness, egohood, fusion,
      human factor, humor, identity, independence, individualism,
      indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity,
      inviolability, irreducibility, makeup, nature, nominalism,
      nonconformity, oneness, organic unity, particularism,
      particularity, personal equation, personal identity, personality,
      personship, purity, self-identity, selfhood, selfness,
      selfsameness, separateness, simplicity, singleness, singularity,
      solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, temper, temperament,
      undividedness, unification, uniformity, uniqueness, unity,
      univocity, unlikeness, wholeness