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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Individualities}.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
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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.
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