entity

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
entity
    n 1: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its
         own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Entity \En"ti*ty\, n.; pl. {Entities}. [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens,
   entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit['e].
   See {Essence}, {Is}.]
   A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or
   in fact; being; essence; existence.
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         Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
                                                  --Shairp.
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         Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative
         signification.                           --Bentley.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "entity":
      an existence, article, being, body, creature, critter, ens,
      entelechy, esse, essence, existence, existent, individual, integer,
      integral, integrate, item, life, material, materiality, matter,
      module, monad, object, occurrence, organism, person, persona,
      personality, point, presence, quantity, quiddity, quintessence,
      single, singleton, something, soul, stuff, subsistence, substance,
      substantiality, sum, system, thing, totality, unit
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