haecceity or hecceity
📖 Definitions
noun
The quality that makes something or someone what they are.
💬 Usage Examples
“Because what it is to love someone is to, in a sense, love them independently of their qualities. It’s to love them. Their essence, their haecceity, their utter specificity.” Ezra Klein Interviews Amia Srinivasan: The New York Times; Sep 3, 2021.