Associations to the word «Haecceity»

Wiktionary

HAECCEITY, noun. (philosophy) The essence of a particular thing; those qualities that define it and make it unique.

Dictionary definition

HAECCEITY, noun. The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan