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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

quiddative en · ADJ

Etymology

Related to quiddity.

Meanings

  1. Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
    • It is that among other distinctions possible among symbols, an indispensable one is that between indicative and quiddative symbols. 1968, C. J. Ducasse, Truth, Knowledge and Causation:

Forms

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most quiddative Degree=Sup lexicographic
quidditative alternative lexicographic
more quiddative Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

quiddatively