[syn: individuality, individualism, individuation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
individuation
n 1: discriminating the individual from the generic group or
species [syn: individualization, individualisation,
individuation]
2: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement
that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
individuality, individualism, individuation] [ant:
commonality, commonness]