nitty-gritty

Definitions of nitty-gritty

noun
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

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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

distillation, 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

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