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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
for all of her quiddities, she is a very wise and generous lady
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as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is
Rembrandt's genius was his unparalleled ability to render a person's quiddity in a single portrait
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Recent Examples of quiddity
Or: The matter of their mattering is what’s put into contention, as their material quiddity serves as a means for activating a dynamic contrast with the space around them.
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Travis Jeppesen, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2024
The task was to find the spiritual quiddity of God’s gifts in nature, piece by piece, and to assemble them into a divine whole.
—Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Teffi bids us to accept the mystery of this strange business of life in all its delightful quiddity.
—Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
None of these quiddities has much to do with efficient military training.
—Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
Our skulls are like space helmets; we are trapped in our heads, unable to convey the quiddity of our sensations.
—Jason Pontin, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2018
Travis Jeppesen, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2024
The task was to find the spiritual quiddity of God’s gifts in nature, piece by piece, and to assemble them into a divine whole.
—Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Teffi bids us to accept the mystery of this strange business of life in all its delightful quiddity.
—Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
None of these quiddities has much to do with efficient military training.
—Steele Brand, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
Our skulls are like space helmets; we are trapped in our heads, unable to convey the quiddity of our sensations.
—Jason Pontin, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiddity
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The only trick now is for the league to get a team to the final Monday night of the season and actually cut down the nets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Eating a balanced diet should do the trick for the majority.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
27 Mar. 2026
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Juliet is arguing that Romeo’s name is merely a label that does not define his essence.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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But the soul and spirit of [the films and] the essence of the themes of those films, and the kids and all the artisans and the crafts people.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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In an at-home experiment, participants completed psychological profiles that measured the strength of their self-control trait.—
Francine Russo,
Scientific American,
28 Mar. 2026
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That trait, mixed with his undying and lifelong love for the organization, can yield very good results.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Burgett, sheriff’s department social worker and founder of the nonprofit Community Change Center, said the center offers services pre- and post-incarceration for substance abuse issues.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The subsidiary provides biomanufacturing services, including process development and CGMP drug substance production.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The best Rockies lineups have always offered a blend of characteristics.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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Stanford School of Medicine prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The more complex the problems become, the greater the demands on those external resources, while those resources themselves — due to the increasing specialization of the nature of the assignments — become less available, less comprehensive, and less sufficient overall.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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Some creative disciplines—writing fiction, painting landscapes—are solitary by nature.—
Laura Regensdorf,
Architectural Digest,
25 Mar. 2026
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So the city’s idiosyncrasies have always appealed to me.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Polymarket is in the business of transforming the news cycle into a series of hedgable data points; real estate, with all its possible variables and idiosyncrasies, is a natural extension.—
Molly Osberg,
Curbed,
16 Mar. 2026
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From a scientific perspective, studying consciousness is a bit like trying to describe the singularity inside a black hole from the window of a spacecraft in its gravitational orbit.—
Conor Feehly,
Big Think,
10 Mar. 2026
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Those outside of it appreciate the singularity of his collections—minimal, revealing, sharp—but have not yet become disciples.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Quiddity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiddity. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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