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whatness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈwɒt.nəs/ us /ˈwɑːt.nəs/
the quality of something that makes it what it is and different from other things:
The whatness of an object is established by the impression it creates upon a person's mind.
I found it hard to describe the whatness of the piece; it was an ordinary abstract painting, yet it was like something I had never seen before.
The power of the band resides not in the band itself or its music, but in its whatness - that idea that no other band can replicate.
Plato's Theory of Forms says that all things have an essence that determines the whatness of the thing - for example, what makes a horse a horse.
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