individuality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being individual
    individuation; individualism.
    • so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
  2. noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
    personal identity; identity.
    • you can lose your identity when you join the army

WordNet

In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. individualité.
Wordforms
plural Individualities
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot.
    They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer.
  2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality.

Webster 1913