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quidditative

quidditative is the alternative form of quiddative.

Meaning of quiddative

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 quidditative

comparativemore quidditative
superlativemost quidditative

Words formed from quidditative

Questions about quidditative

What is quidditative the alternative form of?
Quidditative is the alternative form of quiddative.

Words near quidditative in the dictionary

  1. Quiddingtons
  2. Quiddist
  3. Quiddists
  4. quiddit
  5. quidditas
  6. quidditative
  7. quidditatively
  8. quidditch
  9. quiddities
  10. quidditism
  11. quidditistic

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