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selfsameness

selfsameness noun: the property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.

Noun

selfsameness (uncountable)

  1. The property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.
    • There is no doubt about the selfsameness of the morning Sun with the evening Sun.
    • Now the first condition of the possibility of my guiltiness, or of my becoming a subject for moral imputation, is my self-sameness; I must be throughout one identical person.1876, F. H. Bradley, Ethical Studies

Forms of selfsameness

alternative formself-sameness

Origin of selfsameness

From selfsame + -ness.

Questions about selfsameness

What does selfsameness mean?
Selfsameness means the property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.
What part of speech is selfsameness?
Selfsameness is a noun.

Words near selfsameness in the dictionary

  1. Selfridge
  2. Selfridges
  3. selfs
  4. selfsabotage
  5. selfsame
  6. selfsameness
  7. selfsames
  8. selfsecure
  9. selfserving
  10. selfship
  11. selfshipped

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