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individuation

DEFINITIONS OF: individuation

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n the quality of being individual

Synonyms:
individualism, individuality
Antonyms:
commonality, commonness
sharing of common attributes
Types:
singularity, uniqueness
the quality of being one of a kind
distinctiveness, peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty
a distinguishing trait
foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism
a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
Type of:
trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

n discriminating the individual from the generic group or species

Synonyms:
individualisation, individualization
Type of:
discrimination, secernment
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
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