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noun
The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
synonym: quiddity.
is a specific kind of: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum.
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