单词 | selfsameness |
释义 | selfsamenessn. The quality of being selfsame or self-identical; spec. identicalness within oneself or itself (cf. self-identity n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > [noun] oneness?c1225 identity1545 indifferency1569 selfsameness1577 sameness1581 said1623 homogeneity1625 indistinction1644 indifference1656 sameliness1662 identicalness1677 undistinguishableness1727 indistinguishableness1731 self-identity1866 dittoship1869 identicality1875 indistinguishability1885 sameyness1977 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ddd.viv/2 The immutable self-same-nesse [L. incommutabilem identitatem] of the Trinitie. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 87 There must needes bee euer both a selfesamenesse [Fr. identité] and also an othernesse. 1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 132 Sweet, happy, and I think sole, is the self-sameness which arises from pure principles of nature. 1876 F. H. Bradley Ethical Stud. 5 The first condition..is my self-sameness; I must be throughout one identical person. 1893 F. H. Bradley Appearance & Reality x. 113 Self-sameness exists as a fact, and..hence somehow an identical self must be real. 1954 Q. Film, Radio & Television 8 216 The repetitiveness, the selfsameness, and the ubiquity of modern mass culture tend to make for automatized reactions. 2002 I. Sansom Truth about Babies 13 Some people say you look like x. Other people say you look like y. They are both right. You are inconsistent. You lack an identity. You are not yet possessed of self-sameness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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