individuation
[in-duh-vij-oo-ey-shuh n]
noun
the act of individuating.
state of being individuated; individual existence; individuality.
Philosophy. the determination or contraction of a general nature to an individual mode of existence; development of the individual from the general.
Origin of individuation
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interpretation, explanation, solution, rationale, answer, translation, comment, elucidation, rendering, signification, analogue, clarification, fixing, gloss, cue, exposition, commentary, drift, clue, determinationExamples from the Web for individuation
Historical Examples of individuation
Symmetry is here what metaphysicians call a principle of individuation.
The Sense of BeautyGeorge Santayana
The principle of individuation follows, of course, from this.
It is therefore easy to discover the principle of individuation.
Individuation,—is the unity of a thing with itself, or that whereby a thing is what it is.
The Book of CuriositiesI. Platts
They merely refuse to confuse it with the fact of individuation.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious LifeEmile Durkheim
individuation
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