ipsissimosity

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noun

Self-referentiality.

OriginGerman Ipsissimosität ← Latin ipsissima →
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Meanings

nounipsissimosity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSelf-referentiality.

    who has not been sick to death of everything subjective and its accursed ipsissimosity!

    1907, Helen Zimmern (translator) of Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
self-referentiality

Origin

  1. Latinipsissima“very own”
  2. GermanIpsissimosität
  3. Englishipsissimosity

From German Ipsissimosität, coined in 1886 by Friedrich Nietzsche from the Latin ipsissima (“very own”).

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ipsissimosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipsissimosity

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Chicago

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