selfsameness

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noun

The property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.

“There is no doubt about the selfsameness of the morning Sun with the evening Sun.”

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Meanings

nounselfsameness (uncountable)

alternative self-sameness

  1. uncountableThe property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.

    There is no doubt about the selfsameness of the morning Sun with the evening Sun.

    1 more example

    Now the first condition of the possibility of my guiltiness, or of my becoming a subject for moral imputation, is my self-sameness; I must be throughout one identical person.

    1876, F. H. Bradley, Ethical Studies

Origin

From selfsame + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

famelessness
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APA

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

MLA

“selfsameness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selfsameness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “selfsameness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selfsameness.

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