individuation: Meaning and Definition of

in•di•vid•u•a•tion

Pronunciation: (in"du-vij"-ā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. the act of individuating.
  2. state of being individuated; individual existence; individuality.
  3. the determination or contraction of a general nature to an individual mode of existence; development of the individual from the general.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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