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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
| Medieval [[Latin]] entitas, from Latin ent-, ens [[existing]] [[thing]], from coined present participle of esse (see Essence) to be | | 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]) | + | *Date: 1596 ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16thcentury 16th Century]) |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1 a : [[being]], [[existence]]; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence | | *1 a : [[being]], [[existence]]; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence |
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| An entity could be viewed as a set containing subsets. In [[philosophy]], such sets are said to be abstract objects. | | An entity could be viewed as a set containing subsets. In [[philosophy]], such sets are said to be abstract objects. |
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− | 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." | + | 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitedstates United States] is to seek . . . to preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity." |
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| 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. | | 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. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |