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Plural of essence

regular plural

The plural of essence is essences.

Forms of essence

Singularessence /ˈɛsəns/
Pluralessences
Countablecountable and uncountable

Essences in a sentence

  • In Lakȟóta traditions, materials like metals and minerals each have unique essences and relationships to humans.2023 October 11, Alexander Hackett, “Indigenous knowledges and AI come together in Suzanne Kite’s exhibition at Concordia’s FOFA Gallery”…. From the entry Lakȟóta
  • The miasma that floats from a diaper bucket cannot be disguised no matter what fumigants, antitoxins, and essences are invented.2010, Thomas Harold, The Secret of New York Revealed, Ignatius Press, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry diaper bucket
  • We can take haecceitism to be the view that things have nonqualitative essences, but do not have any qualitative properties essentially.2008, Neil Feit, Belief about the Self: A Defense of the Property Theory of Content, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry haecceitist
  • In other words, by the reason of the fact Wolff means a purely conceptualistic explanation in terms of essences and possibilities.1960, College of Philosophy and Letters, St. Louis University, The Modern schoolman: Volumes 38-39. From the entry existable
  • Perhaps these two atoms, or essences, or monads indestructible, did but repeat an adventure, or many, many adventures.1918, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter I, in Love Eternal. From the entry monad

Meaning of essence

  1. noun The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
  2. noun The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
  3. noun Constituent substance.

Full definition of essence

Questions about the plural of essence

What is the plural of essence?
The plural of essence is essences.
Is essence countable?
Essence is a countable and uncountable noun.

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