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==Etymology==
Medieval [[Latin]] entitas, from Latin ent-, ens [[existing]] [[thing]], from coined present participle of esse (see Essence) to be
*Date: 1596 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16thcentury 16th Century])
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[being]], [[existence]]; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence
:b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its [[attribute]]s
*2 : something that has separate and distinct [[existence]] and objective or [[concept]]ual [[reality]]
*3 : an organization (as a [[business]] or [[government]]al unit) that has an [[identity]] separate from those of its members
==Descriptions==
An '''entity''' is something that has a distinct, separate [[existence]], though it need not be a [[material]] existence. In particular, abstractions and [[legal]] [[fiction]]s are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no [[Assumption|presumption]] that an entity is animate. Entities are used in [[system]] developmental [[models]] that display [[communications]] and internal processing of, say, documents compared to order processing.
An entity could be viewed as a set containing subsets. In [[philosophy]], such sets are said to be abstract objects.
Sometimes, the [[word]] entity is used in a general sense of a [[being]], whether or not the referent has material existence; e.g., is often referred to as an entity with no corporeal form, such as a [[language]]. It is also often used to refer to [[ghosts]] and other [[spirits]]. Taken further, entity sometimes refers to existence or being itself. For example, the former U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan once said that "the [[policy]] of the [[government]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitedstates United States] is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity."
The word entitative is the adjective form of the noun entity. Something that is entitative is "considered as pure entity; abstracted from all [[Context|circumstances]]", that is, regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
Medieval [[Latin]] entitas, from Latin ent-, ens [[existing]] [[thing]], from coined present participle of esse (see Essence) to be
*Date: 1596 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16thcentury 16th Century])
==Definitions==
*1 a : [[being]], [[existence]]; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence
:b : the existence of a thing as contrasted with its [[attribute]]s
*2 : something that has separate and distinct [[existence]] and objective or [[concept]]ual [[reality]]
*3 : an organization (as a [[business]] or [[government]]al unit) that has an [[identity]] separate from those of its members
==Descriptions==
An '''entity''' is something that has a distinct, separate [[existence]], though it need not be a [[material]] existence. In particular, abstractions and [[legal]] [[fiction]]s are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no [[Assumption|presumption]] that an entity is animate. Entities are used in [[system]] developmental [[models]] that display [[communications]] and internal processing of, say, documents compared to order processing.
An entity could be viewed as a set containing subsets. In [[philosophy]], such sets are said to be abstract objects.
Sometimes, the [[word]] entity is used in a general sense of a [[being]], whether or not the referent has material existence; e.g., is often referred to as an entity with no corporeal form, such as a [[language]]. It is also often used to refer to [[ghosts]] and other [[spirits]]. Taken further, entity sometimes refers to existence or being itself. For example, the former U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan once said that "the [[policy]] of the [[government]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitedstates United States] is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity."
The word entitative is the adjective form of the noun entity. Something that is entitative is "considered as pure entity; abstracted from all [[Context|circumstances]]", that is, regarded as entity alone, apart from attendant circumstances.
[[Category: General Reference]]
