selfsameness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The property of two or more appearances of being of the selfsame underlying object; sameness as regards self or identity; identity; identicality.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There is no doubt about the selfsameness of the morning Sun with the evening Sun."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English selfsame Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English selfsameness From selfsame + -ness.
Usage
Inflected Forms
self-sameness (alternative)