Individuation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Individuation \In`di*vid`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. individuation.]
     The act of individuating or state of being individuated;
     individualization. --H. Spencer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  individuation
       n 1: discriminating the individual from the generic group or
            species [syn: {individualization}, {individualisation}]
       2: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
          movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn: {individuality},
           {individualism}] [ant: {commonality}]