Quiddity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwˈɪdᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/kwˈɪdɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwˈɪdɪti/

3 syllables Say it as /kwˈɪdᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cavil quibble haecceity

Word Forms

quibble	verb	evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
cavil	verb	raise trivial objections

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wesen

eine Umgehung des Kerns eines Arguments durch das Vorbringen irrelevanter Unterscheidungen oder Einwände

🇫🇷French

quiddité

une évasion du point d'un argument en soulevant des distinctions ou des objections non pertinentes

🇪🇸Spanish

esencia

una evasión del punto de un argumento al plantear distinciones u objeciones irrelevantes

🇮🇹Italian

quiddità

un'elusione del nocciolo di un argomento sollevando distinzioni o obiezioni irrilevanti

🇳🇱Dutch

quidditeit

het ontwijken van de essentie van een argument door irrelevante onderscheidingen of bezwaren naar voren te brengen

🇵🇹Portuguese

quididade

uma evasão do ponto de um argumento, levantando distinções ou objeções irrelevantes

🇷🇺Russian

ликвидность

уклонение от сути аргумента путем выдвижения не относящихся к делу различий или возражений

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तत्त्व

अप्रासंगिक भेद या आपत्तियाँ उठाकर तर्क के मुद्दे से बचना

🇧🇩Bengali

নগন্যতা

অপ্রাসঙ্গিক পার্থক্য বা আপত্তি উত্থাপন করে একটি তর্কের পয়েন্ট এড়িয়ে যাওয়া

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివితక్కువతనం

అసంబద్ధమైన వ్యత్యాసాలు లేదా అభ్యంతరాలను పెంచడం ద్వారా వాదన యొక్క పాయింట్ నుండి తప్పించుకోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

रोखता

असंबद्ध भेद किंवा आक्षेप वाढवून वादाचा मुद्दा टाळणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

રોકડ

અપ્રસ્તુત તફાવતો અથવા વાંધાઓ ઉભા કરીને દલીલના મુદ્દાને ટાળવું

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਕਦੀ

ਅਪ੍ਰਸੰਗਿਕ ਅੰਤਰ ਜਾਂ ਇਤਰਾਜ਼ ਉਠਾ ਕੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਦਲੀਲ ਦੇ ਨੁਕਤੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

quidity

غیر متعلقہ امتیازات یا اعتراضات اٹھا کر دلیل کے نقطہ نظر سے بچنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

本质

通过提出不相关的区别或反对意见来回避论点

🇯🇵Japanese

流動性

無関係な区別や異議を提起することによって議論の要点を回避すること

🇰🇷Korean

본질

관련 없는 구별이나 반대를 제기하여 논쟁의 요점을 회피하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tính chất lỏng lẻo

trốn tránh quan điểm của một cuộc tranh luận bằng cách đưa ra những khác biệt hoặc phản đối không liên quan

🇹🇭Thai

ความว่องไว

การหลีกเลี่ยงประเด็นของการโต้แย้งโดยทำให้เกิดความแตกต่างหรือการคัดค้านที่ไม่เกี่ยวข้อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

hakekat

penghindaran inti argumen dengan mengajukan perbedaan atau keberatan yang tidak relevan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الجوهر

التهرب من مغزى الحجة من خلال إثارة تمييزات أو اعتراضات غير ذات صلة

🇮🇷Persian

ماهیت

طفره رفتن از نقطه بحث با طرح تمایزات یا اعتراضات نامربوط

🇹🇷Turkish

mahiyet

ilgisiz ayrımlar veya itirazlar öne sürerek bir tartışmanın amacından kaçınmak

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