English noun: individuation |
1. | individuation (cognition) discriminating the individual from the generic group or species |
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| Synonyms | individualisation, individualization |
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| Broader (hypernym) | discrimination, secernment |
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2. | individuation (attribute) the quality of being individual |
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| Samples | So absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality.
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| Synonyms | individualism, individuality |
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| Broader (hypernym) | trait |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | distinctiveness, peculiarity, singularity, speciality, specialness, specialty, uniqueness |
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| Attribute | individual, single |
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| Antonyms | commonality, commonness |
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