quiddity
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1. the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other (noun.cognition)
2. an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | equivocation, evasion, |
| definition | : | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | quibble, |
| definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | quibble, |
| definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
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