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quiddative

quiddative adjective: constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.

Adjective

quiddative (comparative more quiddative, superlative most quiddative)

  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 of quiddative

comparativemore quiddative
superlativemost quiddative
alternative formquidditative

Origin of quiddative

Related to quiddity.

Words formed from quiddative

Questions about quiddative

What does quiddative mean?
Quiddative means constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
What part of speech is quiddative?
Quiddative is an adjective.

Words near quiddative in the dictionary

  1. quid pro quos
  2. quidam
  3. quidams
  4. quiddanies
  5. quiddany
  6. quiddative
  7. quiddatively
  8. quidded
  9. quidder
  10. quidders
  11. quidding

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