nitty-gritty

Definitions of nitty-gritty

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n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Synonyms:: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements; hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality; haecceity, quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other; quintessence
the purest and most concentrated essence of something; stuff
a critically important or characteristic component

Type of:: cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned